<p>General opinion earlier was the following: It increases as circuit length increases.</p>
<p>Overall, I’m pretty disappointed. It was my first ACT and I only took two (untimed) practice tests for prep, but I didn’t miss any questions on the second test. I really screwed up on timing and finished math with over 30 minutes left and ran out of time on science. Hopefully my SAT from the 28th will be sufficient.</p>
<p>What do you think the curve will be?</p>
<p>Do you think it’ll be strict on reading and english, but a little generous on science and maybe math?</p>
<p>I really didn’t think any questions were exceedingly challenging so I’m guessing reading and english will be tough/average; math had one hard question (not sure if that changes the curve for the top tier) so probably average; I thought some science questions we’re pretty difficult and it may be an easier curve than normal</p>
<p>What’s the average curve for reading?
It’s like -3 = 33, right?</p>
<p>@Iris</p>
<p>No, look at previous scoring charts (<a href=“http://www.mindfish.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/bill/ACT-score-chart.png[/url]”>http://www.mindfish.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/bill/ACT-score-chart.png</a>). -3 is typically 34-35.</p>
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<p>That. Would. Be. Wonderful.</p>
<p>My projection:
English: 36 (34-35 if i made a “dumb mistake”, which i classify as misreading a question/choice or randomly filling in the wrong bubble)
Math: 36
Reading: 36 (34-35 if dumb mistake)
Science: 35 (really could be anywhere from 34-36)
Writing: 7-8 (i absolutely bombed this, possibly my worst essay since middle school)
Composite: 35-36</p>
<p>To all the people out there who will question my predictions (and im not trying to be cocky), i got a 240 PSAT and 2370 SAT, as well as a 33 ACT freshman year (im a junior now). </p>
<p>Any more questions we should discuss?</p>
<p>@RollingDice</p>
<ol>
<li><p>The last English passage’s “rails” question? It said something along the lines of: “___ to the other.”"</p></li>
<li><p>Answers to the Trait Q passage (science)</p></li>
<li><p>English question on “while” - I don’t really remember the context but it had commas on either side of the underlined word</p></li>
</ol>
<p>@LiamNeeson</p>
<ol>
<li>“One rail to the other”</li>
</ol>
<p>2-3. don’t remember. jog my memory please</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Same</p></li>
<li><p>qq qQ QQ either - some discussion about recessive vs dominant genes
probability of having trait Q</p></li>
<li><p>It was in the parody english passage when comparing the types of styles of the two authors or the contests. another choice was “accordingly”</p></li>
</ol>
<p>My scores so far:</p>
<p>Optimistic view:</p>
<p>Math : -1
English: -0 (there may be silly mistakes)
Reading :-3
Science: -2
Essay: 11~12
Composite: ~35</p>
<p>Composite:
Pessimistic view:</p>
<p>Math : -3
English: -3 (there may be silly mistakes)
Reading :-5
Science: -5
Essay: 10</p>
<p>Composite: 32~33</p>
<p>Quite the gap.</p>
<p>The rails answer was not “one” it was “many.”</p>
<p>@bornagain i am pretty sure it is “one rail to the other”. it just sounds right</p>
<p>@LiamNeeson</p>
<ol>
<li><p>I remember i put 100% for the question about probability, but i don’t remember any other questions pertaining to that passage</p></li>
<li><p>Again, i have a vague remembrance of what you are talking about, but i think i put “while”. What about you?</p></li>
</ol>
<p>The English, Reading, and Writing part was easy. Math was ok (not my strongest subject), the Science wouldn’t be too bad if there was more time, the part that I got to was managable. I’ll be taking the ACT over again, probably. </p>
<p>Sent from my PC36100 using CC</p>
<p>damndamndamn. I only wrote 2 pgs on writing. Completely forgot about that. If I do bad on writing, can I send scores without it?!</p>
<p>In the preceding sentence to the rails question. They said they “put down 8000 miles of rails.” It would make no sense to go from plural to singular.</p>
<p>Math and science are usually my best (normally none wrong), but I managed time horribly on science and had to guess randomly on the last 4. On math, I made 2 dumb mistakes, hopefully that doesn’t bring me down too much. I think I aced English and Reading, maybe 1 or 2 wrong. Hopefully I can pull out a 33, maybe 34? I will certainly be re-taking, I know I can ace math and science.</p>
<p>@rollingdice- stop posting your 240 PSAT and 2370 SAT on every single ACT thread when introducing yourself…it does not increase the validity of your statements…you could very well be a ■■■■■</p>
<p>Copy and pasting from that “curve discussion”</p>
<p>Curves are always predetermined by previous tests, so you may never know =/ This is my input. </p>
<p>English: For sure, the curve will be a bit harsh. Probably a -1 will drop you down to a 34 or something.
Math: It was actually quite difficult. I could have sworn that I saw 3 questions from the math section that were exactly copied off of the Barron’s practice test. Anyways, probably -1 will still be a 36. A -2 or -3 could most likely get you a 35. Math geniuses can rejoice upon that.
Reading: I hate reading. But, if I had to guess, I think -1 will actually get you a 35 and a -3 will drop you to a 33.
Science: Science curves are ALWAYS harsh. But, as I looked at the science, I’m guessing that -1 will get you a 35, -2 will get you a 33, -3 probably a 32, and -4 most likely a 30. </p>
<p>These are just guesses. I’m never right most of the time…though, I pray that I did well 'cause this ACT was probably one of the more difficult tests I’ve taken out of all the practice tests I’ve done.</p>