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Two-point increase in ACT score worth $37,500

"This article ran in the Middletown (Ohio) Journal on Sunday, March 29, 2009 and featured a student who took the ACT Prep course at the Centerville, Ohio location.

Two-point increase in ACT Score worth $37,500

By: Rick McCrabb- Columnist

SPRINGBORO- For Gary Kurtz, the reward was much greater than the risk.

When daughter, Marissa, 17, a senior at Springboro High School, scored a 29 on the ACT college entrance exam, she earned a one-year tuition scholarship to attend Lee University, a small Christian school in Cleveland, Tenn.

Later, the Kurtz family learned if Marissa scored a 31 of a possible 36, she'd earn a four-year scholarship, valued at $50,000.

"A 31," Gary Kurtz said, "gets you a lot."

So Marissa studied on her own, retook the test, figuring she'd score higher.

Instead she scored a 27.

"I was disappointed," she said.

It was time for a gamble.

Gary Kurtz, a CPA, Realtor, certified financial planner and all-around number cruncher, enrolled Marissa in a six-week, Sylvan Learning course that cost $650.

"We decided to roll the dice," Kurtz said. "If I was going to bet $650 for a chance to win $50,000, and Marissa was my horse, it was worth the wager."

His horse ran like Secretariat.

Marissa took the test for a third time, and scored a 31, earning a four-year scholarship.

What was her reaction to the two-point increase worth an additional $37,500?

"She jumped up and started crying," her father said. "She was emotionally drained."

She added: "It was such a relief."

She must maintain a 3.7 GPA to retain the scholarship.

Marissa, who carries a 4.0 grade point average, will major in middle school education and hopes to teach science and math.

She must be good with numbers.

Just like her dad."

- Greg K.

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