ACT scoring...

<p>Is it possible to get a 36 on a section if you miss a question? Or is 36 possible only with a perfect score?</p>

<p>Perfect score only</p>

<p>Not entirely</p>

<p>Composite 36
36, 36, 36, 34</p>

<p>OR</p>

<p>Composite 36</p>

<p>36, 36, 35, 35</p>

<p>YOu can see that with both of those score sets the composite is 35.5, which gets rounded up to a 36</p>

<p>He said section....not composite, which throws your theory out!</p>

<p>hehehehe......</p>

<p>you got me!</p>

<p>BUT, it is possible if the test is hard enough b/c 36 is based on percentiles....</p>

<p>It is possible, but its like 1%. The fact is, the 36 is a sign of perfection for the ACT. Missing one isn't perfect. I hate the ACT for its bad curve in general.</p>

<p>A HA! So you admit it !</p>

<p>My new theory is correct!</p>

<p>Yeah, the ACT curve sucks</p>

<p>I never said it was right...I said it is possible. But out of all the ACT scoring guides I've seen (20+), I've never seen a 36 be not perfect.</p>

<p>sheez........</p>

<p>WHy am I arguing?</p>

<p>resigns...>_<'</p>

<p>So I win. :-D</p>

<p>I think we are taking it too far with this.....lol</p>

<p>But, for the record, I definitely win! :D</p>

<p>Really? Do they specifically say that you need perfect for a 36?</p>

<p>a more general question- on each section how does scoring work? Is it for example:
You get 50/60 questions right on the math section, meaning about 83% correct. Then your score is 83% of 36 for that section, 30?</p>

<p>Or is it based strickly on percentiles?</p>

<p>----bump----</p>

<p>It is possible to miss one and get a 36. My daughter twice got scores of 36 on Mathematics, missing one question each time.</p>

<p>. owned .</p>

<p>No I don't believe CCSurfer.</p>

<p>Man...i really don't even wanna think about ACT. lol. I'm thinkin prolly...</p>

<p>32 in English
26 in Math
31 in Reading
25 in Science</p>

<p>29 Composite -- hopefully</p>

<p>Response to glucose101: On her last ACT, her breakdown of scores on Mathematics were:</p>

<p>Pre-Algebra/Elem. Alg. 18
Alg./Coor. Geometry 17
Plane Geometry/Trig. 18
Mathematics 36</p>

<p>I may be wrong, but I'm assuming that the 17 score means that she missed one.</p>

<p>When did she take her last ACT?</p>