WSC Welcomes 'Older' Students A decicion by the Weber State College faculty senate will make it easier for older students to enter that college. THE WSC faculty senate recently recent-ly changed a provision so that incoming in-coming freshmen 23 years of age and older will not be required to take the American College Test (ACT) before being admitted to Weber State. Dr. Emil O. Hanson, assistant vice president for academic support, sup-port, said that the ACT is used as an indication of a student's potential poten-tial success in a college setting. ACT TEST results have "a high forecasting predictability" in terms of showing which students will do best in college, Hanson said, and are used to award scholarships scho-larships as well as give admittance to specialized programs with limited li-mited room. "But," he added, "the correlation between ACT test scores and success in college diminishes dimi-nishes as the student gets older." Those who do not take the ACT will still have to take English and math placement test, he said, but those tests are much shorter and do not cover the wide range of topics tested in the ACT. The English and math tests are required within the first 44 hours of coursework, Hanson Han-son said, but do not have to be taken for admission. HANSON SAID, "There are older old-er students out there who are scared to death of the ACT. They're afraid they'll look like idiots. What we're saying is don't worry about it." Hanson said that the ACT has a forecasting predictability of 30 percent per-cent for 18 and 19 year olds, but drops to 10 percent by age 23.