<p>On the February ACT, I got a 35 in English. But I got both 18 and 18 in the subject subscores. How is that a 35? If I had gotten a 36 in English, I would have gotten a 36 overall.</p>
<p>You can miss one and still get 18 in a subsection. The sum of the subsections does not necessarily correlate to the score.</p>
<p>correct, 18 and 18 can still be a 35</p>
<p>Hmm this doesnt make too much sense to me.
So for English -0 was 36, -1 was 35
In this thread, we agree that 18 and 18 is a -1, or a 35
But in another thread, someone said that they got a 35 with subsections of 17 and 18 and got a 35 (Here is the link where this is: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/868491-official-act-results-febuary-10-a-14.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/868491-official-act-results-febuary-10-a-14.html</a> )
That means that that person got lower, or -2, so then -1 and -2 would be a 35, -3 a 34, and so on…
But isnt that a highly doubtful and lenient curve? And I’ve never seen this kind of curve for English. </p>
<p>If I were you, I would contact ACT</p>
<p>The only assumption that I may have been wrong on is if 17/18 and 18/18 are both -1s, which seems unlikely.</p>
<p>It makes sense. Someone posts something like this after every test it seems like; it’s nothing out of the ordinary.</p>
<p>“So for English -0 was 36, -1 was 35”</p>
<p>How do u know this for a fact?</p>
<p>also, hotpursuit that’s because missing 1 in one subsection would have been a 17 while missing 1 in the other subsection would have hbeen an 18</p>
<p>ahh i get it.
lol i’m still a noob to this forum</p>
<p>Isnt the english almost always -0 36 and then -1 35
I havent seen a test where it hasnt been</p>
<p>what about reading this time</p>
<p>i think olleger established that reading was -0 36 and -1 35 and so on in another thread</p>
<p>I also got an 18 usage/mechanics and 17 rhetorical skills and a 35 in English</p>
<p>I got the reverse of UVAhopeful (18 rhetorical skills and 17 usage/mechanics) and I got a 35 in English.</p>
<p>ok here’s a problem</p>
<p>If people got 17 and 18 on the subsections (both ways - see UVA and firesoul above) and got a 35 while someone else got 18 and 18 and got a 35, doesnt that mean that -2 was a 35?</p>
<p>^Very possible. I remember that there were three questions I was unsure about, and I probably got one of them right and the other two wrong.</p>
<p>@firesoul</p>
<p>I sent u a pm</p>
<p>I think I have possible evidence that -2 in the English may have been a 35. My reasoning is below. Sorry for the length.</p>
<p>So apparently, three different subscores all yielded 35’s in English
(see here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...e-english.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...e-english.html</a>)</p>
<p>Scenario 1 = 18 Usage/Mechanics, 18 Rhetorical Skills = 35
Scenario 2 = 18 Usage/Mechanics, 17 Rhetorical Skills = 35
Scenario 3 = 17 Usage/Mechanics, 18 Rhetorical Skills = 35</p>
<p>This means that the curve was the following for each subsection (out of 18) was something like this:</p>
<p>***Notice how one of the sections must have -1 = 18 because someone got 18, 18 for the subsections and did not get a 36.</p>
<p>Usage Mechanics Rhetorical Skills
-0 = 18 -0 = 18
-1 = 18 -1 = 17
-2 = 17</p>
<p>Scenario 1 (18 Usage/Mechanics, 18 Rhetorical Skills = 35) and Scenario 2 (18 Usage/Mechanics, 17 Rhetorical Skills = 35) could both work using this curve because in both cases, it was possible to miss one question and get a 35.</p>
<p>However, Scenario 3 (17 Usage/Mechanics, 18 Rhetorical Skills = 35) would does not work if -2 was a 34 instead of a 35. This is because in order to get 18 in rhetorical skills, one must miss 0 questions. To get a 17 in Usage, one must miss TWO questions. However, the student still got a 35.</p>
<p>Now, if we assume the curve was flipped, then Scenario 3 does work but now scenario 2 does not. This is shown below</p>
<p>***Once again, note that one of the sections must have -1 = 18 because someone got 18, 18 in the subsections and got a 35.</p>
<p>Usage Mechanics Rhetorical Skills
-0 = 18 -0 = 18
-1 = 17 -1 = 18
-2 = 16 -2 = 17</p>
<p>Scenario 2 (18 Usage/Mechanics, 17 Rhetorical Skills = 35 ) does not work because in order to get 18 in usage, on must miss 0 questions. However, to get a 17 subscore in Rhetorical skills, one must miss 2 questions. Yet the student still got a 35.</p>
<p>If you see anything wrong with this let me know.</p>
<p>I’ve gotten a 36 in English. I find it’s the easiest section of them all.</p>