<p>How alike are they?
What are the differences between them?</p>
<p>PLAN is easier and out of 32.
ACT is harder and out of 36.</p>
<p>The PLAN is a great indicator of how you’ll do on the ACT
It predicted exactly what I got on the ACT (it actually gives you a range, and coincidentally hit the largest and smallest mark)</p>
<p>Definitely worth giving a shot if you did decent (predicted 28+)</p>
<p>The PLAN was a fairly accurate prediction in my case. It predicted a 26-30. I got a 30 on my first ACT and 32 on my second.</p>
<p>Ya I agree. PLAN predicted I’d get 27-31, got a 30 first time with minimal studying. If you actually study for the ACT, I’m sure you can score much higher than what the PLAN predicts.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. I got a predicted 31-34, so I’ll definitely be taking the ACT sometime soon. :)</p>
<p>The PLAN is considered a “good” indicator only because it gives you such a high range of what you might receive on the ACT.</p>
<p>^ I did 2 points better than the highest score the PLAN thought I might receive, just because I paced myself better.</p>
<p>Yeah, the PLAN is an accurate predictor in many cases, but there is a large gap in time (at least in my school) between the PLAN and the ACT. I got a 31-34 range on the PLAN, but I managed a 35 on the ACT, so that might be the result.</p>
<p>My PLAN predicted a 30-33. Ha I got a 34. You’d think that they would be accurate with such a large range, but w/e.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but the PLAN is a farce. No offense, but it scored me a 28-32, and I got a 34 near 35 first try.</p>
<p>I did better on the ACT by 2 points of what the indicator said I’d get. Then again I didn’t even try on the Plan.</p>
<p>PLAN makes no sense. I missed no questions on the reading (or maybe science. probably both) section (the test tells you which questions you missed/left blank/answered correctly on the backside of the score report) and still got a 30 out of 32 on that section (composite 31). That gave me a prediction of a 30-33, and I ended up hitting a 35 on the ACT.</p>
<p>I guess it could be okay sometimes, but it wasn’t for me. And the scoring is weird.</p>
<p>I think that most students do better on the ACT than their PLAN predicted because the ACT is A) more important so they try harder and B) later so they have covered more material/done prep.</p>
<p>Personally, I only took the PLAN and its younger brother, the Explore test (for 8th graders and freshmen) because my school had every student take it. That being said, I put a lot more effort into the actual ACT because it actually meant something for me.</p>