Thoughts on the ACT?
harder than the last one. Hopefully generous curve
D20 thought the reading was hard— ran out of time. She got a 35 on that section last time… ??♀️ Was hoping that section wouldn’t be a concern. We shall see! Unlike my D18 she hates taking these tests and would like to be done. ?
I agree, the reading was def hard
The curve for this test from a reported user online is
English: -5 = 35
Math -5 = 34
Reading -4 = 35
Science -6 = 30
How are you so sure?
I felt the Writing Test today asked a lot of Vocabulary and Idioms :((, these are parts I am really confused.
The Math is ok.
Reading is still my weakest part, I was guessing almost 1 paragraph due to not have time
Science is still ok :((
How could you know the curve?
That’s what I’m wondering. I felt as if Math was really easy and science was also very doable. Reading is my worst too and I feel like I guessed on 5-6 questions. Grammar was meh
The reported user posted a screen shot of his Score Report.
Gotta love the recycling!
thats harsh for science. I feel like it was a bit tougher than usual right? Very very generous for the other sections though
My son took it today. He has been really studying hard the past month. He said the reading was hard. Didn’t have time to finish reading the last passage. He had to skim and guess on the last 4-5 questions of the reading. He said English and math were ok. Said science was a little hard. He said at the end of the test the examiner gave everyone another 12 question test. His was science. Said it was really hard. Was this some type of field test? Hope his score is good. I enjoy reading all the comments. Please keep posting.
I read the post about the reported curve. Can someone explain how the curve works?
For me, English and reading were fine (although I barely finished the reading section and DEFINITELY understand how many people found it to be the hardest section). I know I got at the very least 3 wrong on science 
Math, idk, it was pretty difficult but I think I did okay. Overall the test (form B24) was harder than I expected.
Where is the screenshot located?
My daughter took it today. She has been doing practice tests and prep since Christmas break. She felt pretty prepared. These were her thoughts:
English- ran out of time and guessed on the last 5 questions
Math- was fine and she thinks she did okay
Reading- The passages were longer than usual and she didn’t have time to finish the last passage and had to guess.
Science - she thinks she did fine.
It seems form B24 is a more difficult ACT. My son stated that is the form he had today. Must be really tough, as I felt like he was prepared.
Lisa9521-your daughter stated the same exact frustration my son had with the test. Makes me feel better he wasn’t the only one experiencing difficulties with the test.
Waiting for the scores now is going to be stressful. Hope everyone does great!!
I took it yesterday and it’s reassuring I wasn’t alone in thinking it was harder than expected! Usually, the English and Reading are my stronger points, but yesterday I found both of those sections more difficult, and the science and math normal. The timing on the math and science seemed to be pretty normal to me for my pace, but the reading was definitely a lot. The actual questions overall didn’t feel outrageusly harder than usual to me, but felt like a major time crunch. Just glad I got through them all, but very anxious for scores to come back. I felt especially bad for some people in my session because the proctor forgot to call 5 minutes during the reading (which she had been doing previously) so many didn’t even get to the last passage.
I took the October ACT and scored highest in English and Reading, but I felt that the English was particularly difficult this time. I thought science was ridiculously easy, but math was a bit tough for me as well (I didn’t pace myself at the beginning and barely had enough time to finish). I’m definitely hoping for a generous curve!!
How would the reported user even has access to his score report? The test was administered yesterday.
I believe they are referring to past test. October of 2018 seems to be the same as yesterday’s-Feb 9-as in the same form(B24). They are just hoping it is the same curve.