<p>So I see no one has said this yet so I will: the international June 2011 test was the international December 2010 test, which I happened to take. </p>
<p>I even remembered all the reading passages. Hoping for for 35+ this time! </p>
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<p>^ lmao! luck you! Were the prompts the same too? And is this usual??</p>
<p>Nope, the essay prompt was different. The essay had a different form code. </p>
<p>I couldn’t believe it was the same. I thought the form code looked kind of familiar before the actual test started. </p>
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<p>well, I’m happy for you :). Maybe I’ll get lucky too on september! Hopefully ACT gets lazy again.</p>
<p>@082349 your so lucky! I took the test in april this year, retaking it in september. I hope i get lucky! On a side note, im so happy my thread is so popular! Haha</p>
<p>English–easy. My eraser was awful though, so I’m scared that the one answer I correctly changed is going to mess up when being scored. Let’s hope not.</p>
<p>Math–eh. I can’t really say one way or another, because no matter how I feel about it, I get a 27. Every. Time.</p>
<p>Reading–better than normal! The last passage of every section stresses me out, so I’m sure I missed some…but other than that, pretty confident!</p>
<p>Science–kill me. That’s the hardest science I’ve taken, but hopefully I did okay even though I feel like I didn’t. Who knows.</p>
<p>I hope I at least got a 30, but I would be ECSTATIC for a 31.</p>
<p>@sjc2012: For science, the first time I took the ACT, I felt I did horrible and I only got a couple wrong!! So it’s definitely possible to get a surprise-good score. [And just to contrast, the second time I thought I did better and I did a lot worse. But that’s just my experiences].</p>
<p>bsmith72 – I hope that’s the case! It was for one of the practice tests I took! I know there’s no way I did worse than the first time I took the test, because I honestly had no strategy or time management that time around and it was awful.</p>
<p>Just a little side note since the forum doesn’t seem to be that busy, I used to have no strategy too. The first two times I didn’t read the passages because I thought that would make me go quicker. But this time I actually read the passages [like you’re supposed to, heh].</p>
<p>But a general strategy is to have a watch and allow yourself 5 minutes per section. I also like underlining A LOT, which I think helps, especially in the “arguing scientists” section [underlining differences/similarities].</p>
<p>Well, I DID have strategy this time that worked for all my prior practice tests. I allotted the passages with 5 questions 4 minutes, 6 questions 5 minutes, and that dumb 7 question passage 6 minutes. I was pretty confident in every section except for the opposing viewpoints one. I always hate that one, but today it completely owned me.</p>
<p>Oh, I like that. I would probably use that, but I’m definitely never taking the ACT again. And I thought the opposing one was really hard because I barely remembered it, and I took Physics. I think if you didn’t discuss it in a class, it was really hard to understand because they literally shoved 6+ concepts in there.</p>
<p>Yeah. After seeing the opposing viewpoints my first thought was how glad I was I took physics this year (and how bad I felt for my friends who didn’t). And even then the notation threw me for a loop.
So used to U for PEg.</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s worked very well for me! …But not so much today because a few questions threw me for a loop, and that second to last passage might as well have been in a different language. Too bad I’m taking physics THIS year…</p>
<p>And you’re lucky. I think I’ll end up taking another stab at in come september, but after that I’m done, regardless of my score…because it’s college application time!</p>
<p>This should be the real discussion thread. </p>
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<p>I was so flustered during the science portion! I hope I get at least a 30</p>
<p>I found the science section to be much more difficult compared to the April test (27 score).
Reading seemed easier, math about the same and the essay prompt was not difficult.</p>
<p>Hey is anyone familiar with this supposed “hack” to find your ACT scores? It is not really a hack but it allows you to view your scores when your status changes from “Registered” to “Tested” on the ACT site. This thread is from 2008; does anyone know if this thing still works?</p>
<p>It is highlighted in post #57:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/527084-scores-up-4.html?highlight=english+curve[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/527084-scores-up-4.html?highlight=english+curve</a></p>
<p>^ idk abt this “hack” but I don’t think the ACT ppl would be too happy abt it. Just sit tight lol, June 27th will come soon enough.</p>
<p>Once youre “tested” your scores are on the website, so I don’t see why you can’t view them in a week. I dont like the wait</p>
<p>@nina1228, that’s the first time I’ve heard of a hack. I suppose it won’t do any damage to anyone but would ACT do something to your scores as a consequence if they find out?</p>