William Campbell - Early Enrollment - ACT test
from a Detroit News article
"Whether Campbell plans to 'do great' with Rodriguez is still a few weeks away from being revealed. Next up for the player is an ACT re-take Saturday...."
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081211/OPINION03/812110…
Anyone hear if his test scores are too low? Why retake the test? I guess this means no early enrollment?
December 11th, 2008 at 10:28 AM ^
What score does he need to get in?
December 11th, 2008 at 11:02 AM ^
It's pretty low. A 17 or 18 will do the trick, from what I understand.
Of course, my 30 wasn't good enough for Michigan; then again, neither was my 5.8 40 or 13" vertical leap.
December 11th, 2008 at 11:04 AM ^
I think that number varies depending on your GPA. The higher the GPA the lower the ACT has to be. Here's a chart I found:
http://www1.ncaa.org/membership/membership_svcs/eligibility-recruiting/…
December 11th, 2008 at 11:10 AM ^
and let's add some context, lest those charts make me look like I was Prop 48 - I got a 30 out of 36 on the scale. I don't know what the scale is these days, so obviously BWC will probably need higher than a 17 or 18.
FWIW, back when I took the ACT, the joke was you get 14 for putting your name on the test. I think that joke was in "Blue Chips" when Shaq's character was prepping with Nolte's ex-wife to take the entrance tests.
December 11th, 2008 at 2:07 PM ^
A 14 would be an exaggeration, but in a sense, you do get 9 points for putting your name on the paper:
there are 4 possible answer choices for each question (except math where there are 5), meaning there's a 25% chance (20% on math) of getting a question right just by guessing. So if you don't even open the test booklet, but just bubble in for every answer choice, you should get a 9 on each of the english, reading, and science sections and a 7 on the math. The average of those four scores, rounded up to the nearest integer, is a 9.
Of course, it's still possible to score below a 9, but you'd have to be either a really poor test-taker or a really unlucky guesser to do so.
Caveat: ACT scores are curved, so getting 25% of the raw possible points doesn't exactly translate to a 9 out of 36.
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December 11th, 2008 at 2:52 PM ^
1. it's still out of 36
2. 30 and you didn't get in? thats nuts. should've tried for the RC. I know people in the 22-24 range in there
3. and i once heard a kid from my high school got a 5
December 12th, 2008 at 1:11 AM ^
sorry, just wanted to brag, even though that's not even that good. But hey, I go to Central, so it makes me feel really smart. Also, I only took it once :P lol
December 11th, 2008 at 11:35 AM ^
one more point. i wouldn't worry about it.
December 11th, 2008 at 11:53 AM ^
a couple of weeks ago, Campbell has already qualified and is retaking the ACT to improve his score in an attempt to meet a personal goal. He is that competitive.
December 11th, 2008 at 12:41 PM ^
I don't think you can take official visits until you have a qualifying score...so, since he went to Michigan, Alabama and LSU on official visits, then he would already be qualified and just trying to do better.
December 11th, 2008 at 12:52 PM ^
Does that mean McPhee is qualified?
December 11th, 2008 at 1:39 PM ^
I would think so
All Juco recruits have trouble transferring enough credits into michigan. M is historically hard to transfer into from anywhere, let alone from a junior college.
December 12th, 2008 at 2:13 AM ^
really...didnt get in with a 30? I got accepted at Michigan with a bit less than 30... a score that was tainted with a major hangover...caused by an all night drinking session with buddies and some chicks, then being chased by the police...and falling in to a swamp somewhere south of Monroe... but it still got me in to UM AA.
Lets Hope Big Will gets a 20+
December 12th, 2008 at 3:19 AM ^
You're so smart, and we're all glad you had a hangover to blame your "bad" score on.
December 12th, 2008 at 3:21 AM ^
For reference, I had friends in high school with a 4.0 GPA and a 32+ on the ACT that were rejected.
I just went to Dearborn for a year and transferred. It's the only way to fly.