Offical Feb. 12 ACT thread

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<p>I'm suprised at some of the responses here. IMHO that was one of the easier science portions I've done. The math, however, peed in my Fruit Loops. The reading wasn't bad except that story the two girls was totally incoherent. And the question about whether that one line was a metaphor or foreshadowing, etc I thought was total BS. There were a couple English questions that were tough but I'll agree with the consensus that it wasn't too bad. </p>

<p>Good Luck everybody hope you get your scores soon and they're to your liking.</p>

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<p>I put foreshadowing...</p>

<p>on that two girl one, for the question about the one girl did any of you also put she had authority?</p>

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<p>i also put foreshadowing....and i put the girl had authority</p>

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<p>I too put foreshadowing and I THINK I put protective on that other question because it said something near the end about how she didn't do some stuff and that kept them safe or something (it's been awhile so I don't really remember and I am most probably wrong anyway). But now that I think about it I can see where you get authority.</p>

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<p>Oh no protective was another question i believe.</p>

<p>I also remember putting protective as an MC</p>

<p>AP lit helped me ace reading
5 more mins time and maybe a 35 or 36</p>

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<p>How was Math and Science for u guys?</p>

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<p>The first 3/4 of math seemed sooo easy, but then every other problem after that became a paragraph or more long full of a bunch of crap. I probably bombed the last part of it, ah well.</p>

<p>The science seemed like it normally does, but I did finish in time. The passage on genetics seemed vague because it didn't tell how to read the DNA strands, so I just assumed starting from the top. I hope I did better than the usual 27-28 I make on the science section.</p>

<p>I'm really shooting for at LEAST a 29 composite because, going along with past scores, I've made a 25, 26, 27, and 28 (in that order). With a 29 (if worse comes to worst), I can go to the community college around here absolutely free. I'm hoping for a 32...</p>

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<p>I wonder what a high-school age student can do to improve reading speed and comprehension--that seems to be the key issue here.</p>

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<p>on the dna one, i think i remember it saying that shorter strands are attracted to the bottom faster and so you read from the bottom. if not, then i am totally screwed on that part!</p>

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<p>Just a rant but ever time i have taken sat/act a minority comes in with an sat proctor/helper and they help them set up for there test peronsally!</p>

<p>What the heck?
Not trying to be racisit.
Also there is kids at my school, who are just blazed out of there mind the whole 4 years and they try the sat's haha.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know the answer to the math question involving the hyperbola's asymptotes intersection?
(0,0)
(2,-3)
(-2,3)
and something else</p>

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<p>Just a rant but ever time i have taken sat/act a minority comes in with an sat proctor/helper and they help them set up for there test peronsally!</p>

<p>What the heck?
Not trying to be racisit.
Also there is kids at my school, who are just blazed out of there mind the whole 4 years and they try the sat's haha.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know the answer to the math question involving the hyperbola's asymptotes intersection?
(0,0)
(2,-3)
(-2,3)
and some other answer</p>

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<p>Hehe.. I put (-2,3)... I think it's wrong tho.. </p>

<p>The answer choices were:
(0,0)
(-3,4)
(2,3)
(-2,3) and
(3,4)</p>

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<p>I put (2,-3)</p>

<p>for the reading question about "play with" did anyone put develop. I did.</p>

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<p>chris, i put develop as well</p>

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<p>I put develop too</p>

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<p>what about the Huble telescope and Huble timemachine thing on the reading section?</p>

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<p>I dont remember the problem, but i factored and set both equal to zero....think it yielded x=2 and x=3</p>

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<p>I put foreshadowing, protective, (-2, 3) I think..., and develop. Argh! In my own personal order of difficulty (from easiest to hardest), the sections were: English, Writing, Reading, Math, Science.</p>

<p>Writing - I couldn't think of any Literature/History examples so my essay was less formal. I hope points won't be docked for that...</p>

<p>Math - Ran out of time..... I randomly bubbled in 4 answers when there was only 1 minute left. </p>

<p>Science - I wanted to kill the crater problem. Thank goodness I finally got the sense to just skip on to the next/last part. </p>

<p>Oh well... hopefully I can still take those colleges off my list and no one will ever have to see my scores...</p>