My ACT by Olivia

My ACT by Olivia - August 2024 Scholarship Essay

My next big educational goal would be to make a 36 on my reading ACT and at least a 32 composite. I have been taking practice ACTs and a couple of real ACTs for the past couple of years, and my end goal is to get most of my schooling paid through my ACT scores. My school, Thompson High School, highly encourages the ACT throughout day-to-day learning. It was through school that I first began to understand the importance of this particular test.
My math teacher told us once that he was able to get his entire schooling paid for with an ACT score meaning that he could buy himself a new vehicle at the end of college versus jump into student loans. He pushed the ACT in our learning and taught us strategies and skills that he thought we should know to make the best score. He gave me the idea that if I could get my schooling paid for, or at least most of it, it would make my life easier on the backend.
Even with all the ACT prep at school, my mother hired a private ACT tutor for me. I have been meeting with this lady two times a week all summer and have been going through my report on my last test. I have already made a 35 on the reading section and my goal is by the end of junior year to have made a 36. I would also like to get some of my other scores in the lower thirties so that I have a low thirties composite.