<p>I know there is a bug on the ACT that allowed everyone in my High School to get perfect or almost perfect scores without deserving it. I told the ACT about it, but they didn't care. I don't have either the money nor the time to do anything, but it really makes me angry. If anyone would like to do anything, please tell me how or where to send the evidence.</p>
<p>I for one would be very interested in knowing what the “evidence” is.</p>
<p>Send it to the ATC people. You’re not thinking this is a legal/criminal issue, are you?</p>
<p>I’ll be honest that I am not convinced that this is true but I am going to answer on the premise that it is.</p>
<p>ACT doesn’t want to listen? Probably too much of a headache and you are only one person and they don’t have much to gain by responding. Maybe go to those who have an impact on the act. Those who are impacted by your school taking up so many of the high scores. What I am thinking is contact a number of powerful high schools who’s kids have been impacted. Maybe the SAT who would like to give the ACT a black eye. A news outlet who would love a breaking news story.</p>
<p>tell a school that competes with your school. tell your local news people.</p>
<p>Just get the proof, write a article about it yourself and submit it to a quality newspaper. Then apply to college and an investigative journalism major. Having a national byline should be a good hook.</p>
<p>What about identical twins. What stops them from testing for each other? SAT/ACT does nothing about this.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>there are some that suspect that one twin took the SAT for her twin in our community. One twin is (very studious) high scoring; the other was bit of slacker but got decent grades once weighted. The less-than-studious student miraculously got a much higher test score than she did on the PSAT (during the PSAT both twins were tested at the same time). The “less smart” twin got a 140 on the PSAT, yet scored well over 2000 on the SAT…very suspicious since they didn’t take the SAT on the same day</p>
<p>the result was that they both got to go to the same college with some merit money for each. No evidence, but just suspicious because of the PSAT situation.</p>
<p>There’s really not a lot SAT (or ACT) can do about this. Similarly looking siblings could do this, too. Honesty is needed.</p>
<p>smoda61, my reply was intended to express extreme skepticism, to the point of disbelief (these implications aren’t always conveyed well by the typed word, sorry). </p>
<p>Has anyone else had this experience of almost everyone at the school getting perfect scores? I certainly haven’t heard of any such thing, and I’m sure we would have, since the news media loves a testing scandal. </p>
<p>Plus, ACT would be eager to hear about a bug. If their credibility as a fair test is called into question, what else do they have? There’s something funky about the OP’s claim. I just don’t know what it is; that’s why I asked about the evidence.</p>
<p>what does he mean by bug? like the testing machine messed up and every1 got perfect scores? or some1 cant beleive that students got better scores than him</p>
<p>lasma - my comments were all directed to the OP and I agree with your sentiments. I stated that I doubted the story but strange things do happen. I remember when you used to be able to “hack in” (really not a hack but it was a bug) and see your scores ACT scores early.</p>
<p>The ACT uses different tests for different for certain places. The bug is related to that. If anyone would like to help please tell me where to send the evidence. The ACT hasn’t taken my seriously.</p>
<p>The New York Times has written tons of stories about the college admissions process- there is even a link for it, as in “for more stories about this subject go to …”. It sounds like a subject they would love, and as suggested above, make sure you get in on the byline- a great hook for college.</p>
<p>Can you sent me the link to the nytimes discussion forum, please. Is that it really makes me angry that my high school counseler has almost brain watch everyone in my school to believe that the bug they are using is OK</p>
<p>I am still very confused by what you mean by a bug. Do you mean that the ACT test that was given at your high school was different and somehow easier than the test given elsewhere? Do you mean that students from your school somehow had access to the questions or a very similar practice test in advance? Do you mean that there was a computer problem so that even though the students from your high school actually earned a range of scores, all of their scores showed up as 35? </p>
<p>When you say that the counselor has brain washed everyone, do you mean that students from the school have noticed that they all earned 35, or that their practice test was the same as the real test, or whatever, and the counselor has reassured them that this is OK? </p>
<p>What, exactly, is the “bug”?</p>
<p>if you really want to get the word out, post whatever happened here. then it’ll spread like wildfire.</p>
<p>^ best suggestion yet</p>
<p>I mean that everyone got the same test with the same questions on different tests and everyone believes that that happened because the test is cheaper than the SAT</p>
<p>^^LOL FAIL. obviously they get the same tests and questions have been recycled, its not like every question had the answer circled for you or every question was the same</p>
<p>OK, I’m still very confused. If I understand you correctly, you think that the students at your high school received ACT’s that had a lot of questions that were the same as, or very similar to, questions asked on previous ACT’s. Is that right?</p>
<p>Why do you think that the tests your high school got had more recycled questions that the tests sent to other high schools?</p>
<p>to mom2collegekids</p>
<p>i am aware of a similar situation. they even bragged about it. i do not think the i.d’s at sat/act are checked very well at all. i have toyed with the idea of flashing some elses id and see if they stop me. i am betting i would not have any trouble. also, with twins, if they do not take the test at their own school no one would have ANY idea. identical twins should be required to take the test at the same time at their own school in my opinion.</p>