ACT Test Today Evaulation

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<p>English - No Change from June, slightly more diffucult than the practice exams.
Math - Much more difficult (for me), seemed to be loaded with basic Algebra questions, I tend to test better with a little higher math.
Reading - No Change from June.
Science - same always, pos.</p>

<p>What's everyone hoping for? I got a 25 in June and did 2 days of prep with the book, hoping for a 27 or 28 and the book placed me at 29-30 so hoping I can reach my goal.</p>

<p>OH and the guy who hated the honey-bee story, I couldn't agree more, I didn't know ACT was now using test material from 4th graders, how sweet.</p>

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<p>Yeah guys i agree with what most of you have been saying. The first english section ticked me off so much. I consider myself a great english test taker and reading those questions and answers felt like i was doing a 5 year old's work, some of the stuff just didnt make sense!</p>

<p>The math i felt was really hard, but then again its not my strong suite either. The second english was easy i thought, alot of the questions were extremely straight forward. </p>

<p>The science i got confused at after a while. I thought the first part was easy. The engine problem had me a little confused, but I eventually got the logic of it. The one that was wierd to me was the Lead-Water-Hydrogen pressure tables. I just got really, really confused, i was staring at the tables trying to figure out what changed (all the numbers stayed the same ***?) can anyone explain that one to me?</p>

<p>I got a 28 on the last ACT, hoping for 30 or more on this one</p>

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<p>How exactly is the ACT scored? and how do they reach your composite score? Is the Essay worth as much as one whole section?</p>

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<p>I too agree the English wasn't that well-written.</p>

<p>What did you guys get for that question in the English where it was like "size up to" her or something (part of the honeybees passage)?</p>

<p>@Liz?: ACT is out of 36 (each section is also out of 36 (Science, Writing, English, Math)); composite is just the average of your scores. Essay gets tied in with writing, though I don't know how. It's not worth a whole section, but it's def. worth a point or 2 (considered in the writing score) if you do well on it.</p>

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<p>RamJag, the essay is a separate score, and does not affect your overall total in any way.</p>

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<p>Hm...really? Somewhere I saw like a table comparing individual writing and essay and what the score would be combined...maybe I'm confusing it with some other test.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I didn't fnish the science either, and some of the ppl I talked to had probs as well</p>

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<p>Math was fairly easy, as was science, which is weird for me, since Im a humanities dork. Writing was not bad and reading angered me, ( i had to second guess myself on the last two), all in all, not a bad test, especially compared to June.</p>

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<p>i thought the math was a lot harder than the ones in the real act prep book. i'm really mad, cuz i skipped two to go back too, and then forgot to go back. grrrrrr</p>

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<p>UGH science, that's all i have to say.</p>

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<p>do they inflate your score sometimes if everybody did badly?</p>

<p>is there a table or forumula for what score equals what points? like if you got 65 questions on the math right, do they have a set number out of 36 to give you?</p>

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<p>I think it's inflated because I got a 34 on reading last time, and I'm sure I missed more than just two to three questions.</p>

<p>I didn't bring my registration ticket to testing... what should I do?</p>

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<p>If you got 65 questions on math right you will probably get a 40/36, as there were only 60 questions. :)</p>

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<p>yea, is there any specific method to determine your score for each section like the SAT???</p>

<p>i really want to know, because i have a bad feeling about the reading section (didn't even finish and skipped last 3 questions). But I am pretty sure i didn't miss a whole lot, if it helps any...</p>

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<p>When can we see ACT scores? im not talking about seeing early for 8 bucks</p>

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<ol>
<li><p>One about y = x. Was the answer NOT a function (i.e. not B)?</p></li>
<li><p>What was the letter choice for |x+b|>4? </p></li>
<li><p>For the "size up to" question, i wrote "size up." Any other thoughts?</p></li>
<li><p>This is going to sound dumb, because I blindly guessed, but on #31 in science, does anyone remember the answer being B. charges?</p></li>
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<p>I really can't understand why people are complaining about the questions being too easy? That's so incredibly flamingly queer.</p>

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<p>Why would anyone <em>complain</em> about them being easy? Wouldn't that be a good thing?</p>

<p>I've taken the ACT four times - I don't think this time was PAINFULLY hard... but we'll see when I get my scores back.</p>

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Yeah guys i agree with what most of you have been saying. The first english section ticked me off so much. I consider myself a great english test taker and reading those questions and answers felt like i was doing a 5 year old's work, some of the stuff just didnt make sense!

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what was up with the honeybee passage? that was stupid/boring

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<p>I don't understand why they fuss like they do.</p>

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<p>roadrunner, I got B: charges for that, too.</p>