***APRIL 2015 ACT DISCUSSION THREAD***

Per the rules of the ACT, discussion of individual questions and their answers is not allowed.

I messed up the english and math sections

How was it everyone?
Here’s what I thought:

English - It was normal
Math - NOT ENOUGH TIME
Reading - Pretty Good
Science - It was normal

I’m not sure if we all had the same form/test since it’s my first time taking it as well the but the Reading section was ridiculously easy and straightforward. This is coming from someone’s who lowest score is always in that section. English and Math were good as well. Science was a bit confusing but it was ok. My essay topic was really easy to write about.

Science was a MESS! Like… After the test my teacher asked everyone which we thought was the hardest and it was a unanimous “SCIENCE :-&” jeez

Math took longer than usual for me too. English was easy, Reading felt easier than normal but idk. If my scores were consistent with my practice tests I’ll be happy.

@Jamesesesess I agree. Though the Quarks one was actually pretty easy if you thought about it coherently. I thought the math wasn’t necessarily hard, just too many questions for 60 minutes.

@outlooker that one took me forever to get a grasp of all the different concepts, it was overwhelming at first, I changed my answers quite a few times lol. Definitely wasted a lot of time on that.

Math was definitely too long… I usually finish with a minute left and I wasn’t even close to finishing this one.

English just seemed really hard today for me which is a big bummer

@sched234 Same. Idk why though. It felt like a different format or idk. It also took me longer to go through… hmm

English- definitely harder than usual…on the last two i’ve taken i’ve gotten a 34 and 35 so…let’s see…
Math- Hmm math is usually one of my worst so i thought it was better than usual definitely! It’s always like. The last 10 questions that i’m always going to miss
Reading- easier than usual… i only circled 2 i was questioning…(maybe cause i’m just good at reading…lol 31 on the first one 33 on the second) I think i may have 36’d this!
Science- Picture someone falling flat on their face. this was me the entire test…i don’t do well on science anyways and this wasjust a huge :\ so i definitely went down

@Wannabenerd1 yeah same here! Like I never have trouble finishing that one and I did today. It actually wasn’t that bad until that last passage

Am I the only one who didn’t have enough time on the math section?

Math was way too long. Almost didn’t finish–bubbled in my final answer as pencils down was called. As somebody who is pretty good at advanced math and normally finishes early it was surprising.
Reading was also eh, english was fine, science was excellent.

When do scores come out (MC and writing)? It says April 28th on the site but that seems impossible…

@ComputerAge I took the September test and got my scores back in 9 days. Usually they are pretty good about getting them out fast

Man I thought everything was easy except science, like I bombed science. 33+ on English math and reading I would guess and less than 29 on science prob

Just took the test and here’s what I thought of it:

English - A little harder than usual given my past experience, but still pretty easy. I think I only got a couple wrong
Math - Again, harder than usual, but not too bad. Probably a low 30
Reading - Pretty easy! Maybe a 35 or 36
Science - I don’t know if I’m the only one but I thought this section was really hard. I’ve taken lots of practice tests and countless amounts of science sections and this one was really challenging and will probably bring my score down. :frowning:
Essay - Good, pretty easy topic

Let me know what you guys thought!

@curiousminds01 YES!! The science was hard af and the passages were wayy too long. It reminded me of the barons tests

Everything was fine for me except science…English I almost ran out of time, the last one was definitely harder than usual but not by much. Math was a little bit overwhelming, but I think i got it done pretty solid except for maybe 1 or 2 questions, probably because I’m currently taking BC Calc. Reading was pretty easy, only 1 that I’m not sure of. Totally bombed science though, didn’t expect them to change the format and I was expecting those nice 5-question passages. Ran out of time and ended up guessing 6 of them, don’t think I can break 30 on science… Well, it is what it is, seems like I will have to take another one in June then.

My daughter thought math was weird because some of the questions in the beginning, which are usually easy, were hard. She thought all the rest were fine. She also thought 2 of the science passages were a little harder than uaual.