December 2014 ACT Discussion Thread

<p>@Bri503 yes sir… I’m really freaking out now…</p>

<p>And there was one sciece question where we had to mAke our own formula. I was completely unprepared for that.
I think I put something like Vh = I/B*d but that was purely guessing. </p>

<p>totally guessed on that^</p>

<p>I put vh=IB/d
Also, 7 x 10 = 70
You over thinker the equation, there was no equation. Even if there was you weren’t suppose to use it in context. It would specify “use the equation in figure ?” </p>

<p>U just had to see if each letter was directly or inversely proportional to Vh</p>

<p>Boo…7x10 is still an equation though.no just thought that the answer was FAR TOO obvious. The other science questions needing some prodding…</p>

<p>@NIHHIHH‌ that could’t be right because the passage didn’t specifically say that states "didn’t exist "</p>

<p>I was so lied to. I was told I wouldn’t need to know any background information for the science section yet I have know about inverse relationships that’s just wrong. </p>

<p>@NIHHIHH I actually thought that was one of the easier ones.
A lot of people forgot that you needed to use Punnett squares. If you didn’t realize that Mendel genetics came into play, you have already gotten 2 wrong. </p>

<p>@FriendlyChemist Got 70 as well</p>

<p>does anyone think -1 on english could still be a 36. I think I made a stupid mistake on the Frank Sinatra question (i put had sung)</p>

<p>guys was the dude in the first reading passage a student with an interest in music but no major or whatever?</p>

<p>^i think that was what i put</p>

<p>Seriously, though, ACT NEEDS to give more time for science. It’s just insane. With 35 minutes, there is nowhere NEAR enough time to actually understand 7 scientific research studies and fully appreciate them. There should be 45 minutes, and only 5 passages, but the same amount of questions. </p>

<p>@1golfer1 lol the g+g- one? Eh not really…</p>

<p>@1golfer1 I feel the same. Isn’t the science section a bit different than what it was previously?</p>

<p>A background info in science should help but it also shouldn’t hurt you if you didn’t have any prior knowledge about science. For example, I had absolutely no clue what the physics part of the science portion was talking about because I didn’t take physics but I was able to answer a few questions about it based on the passage. But the candle question was just messed up. </p>

<p>Did the reading pssage about maps mention the Caribbean? </p>

<p>I agree that candle question was so stupid. The question asking which student was correct was really opinionated.</p>

<p>Agh punnett squares I thought about them but didn’t use them. Darn!</p>

<p>@FriendlyChemist‌ I doubt many ppl would know there were no states back then. That’s asking too much lol and it wasn’t stated in passage</p>