<p>Im sorry, but you’re a fckin idiot. why the hell would you even have a protractor? if i saw you with that, id probally get dismissed just for laughing at you.</p>
<p>I’ll be more sympathetic:</p>
<p>I feel really bad for you and that obviously sucks so ******* much. However, just because something is not explicitly prohibited doesn’t mean you can bring it. For example, I don’t think it ever explicitly prohibits one from bringing a math textbook to the ACT but obviously it’s not allowed</p>
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I read that on the Collegeboard website that explicitly says no protractors, so ignore that. But yes, obviously they are making up their own rule on this one…it is, after all, their test. Also if it’s not allowed on the SAT, I wouldn’t think you could use it on the ACT. I realize that there are exceptions to that, like on calculators, but in terms of general materials you can use while testing it seems to apply.</p>
<p>They explicitly say that the only things allowed are a calculator and pencil. Don’t think you can get much clearer than that.</p>
<p>if this were fmylife.com, i would click “you deserved that one”</p>
<p>I contacted ACT today and they are currently revealing my appeal.</p>
<p>lmao @ jax</p>
<p>i hope you win the appeal anacrusis. the other people posting here are annoying. It’s not farfetched for a protractor to be interpreted as an aid but there were other ways to handle it other than throw you out. A simple “put it away” would have sufficed. </p>
<p>Even if you win the appeal though… did you even finish the test? If they “dismissed” you i’m guessing you didn’t so even winning the appeal won’t be that helpful.</p>
<p>sounds like you were trying to work the system. If you had any questions you should have asked at check-in. Did you notice anyone else with protractors? Didn’t you think it was odd that no one else had one?</p>
<p>^I agree. You figured out a way to do problems quicker by using a protractor, and it’s quite obvious that the ACT does not want you to be able to solve a problem by physically measuring angles. Again, even if it is not explicitly prohibited, neither is something like bringing a textbook, or even a math teacher, with you. So you were gaming the system, and you probably knew it. I’d be a bit more sympathetic with you if you at least asked beforehand, which you should have done. But you went into the test, and had you not been caught, you would have had a distinct advantage apparently. In my book, you were cheating, and you were well aware of that fact. The only thing I pity you for is your complete stupidness and need for consolation. Honestly, common sense. Get some.</p>
<p>i honestly don’t understand why your complaining. You cheated on the test, you were caught, you were kicked out. its a pretty simple process. I know that may seem harsh but by bringing the protractor, which is obviously an aid, you broke a rule and had an unfair advantage. the point of the test is to evaluate your knowledge, not how well you can measure angles. that would be pointless. To the person who said you should have been allowed to just put it away… how is that possibly fair? obviously it had already been used, and thats certainly not fair to the other people taking the test. If i was in the classroom i definitely would have complained/turned you in. whether you were intentionally cheating or not, you were trying to game the system, which is totally wrong. Personally, i think any score reports you send to colleges should have a notation that says that you were dismissed from a test for using an illegal aid. that said, i’m really not a mean person, but its upseting how entitled you seem to feel to do whatever you want.</p>
<p>I hate stories like this…do the proctor’s honestly not look around frequently enough to notice if someone pulls something out they’re not supposed to be using?</p>
<p>The proctors I had made sure to do a thorough go-around right after we started each section, and no one ever had a chance to even use anything that would be called “an aid” much less got kicked out for it because a proctor realized they had it in the middle of the test. >></p>