<p>@matok</p>
<p>Can you rate the difficulty of the sections compared to other ACT tests?</p>
<p>Like for example, </p>
<p>Math: Easy
Reading: Hard
etc…</p>
<p>Well for background: I took June 2008 a week after finishing 10th grade, then didn’t take another ACT until this past June 2009 test. I went into 2008 completely cold, no studying, but I’m a great test-taker. I got a 30 composite–> 33E 32R 30M 26S. I actually left 3 math problems completely blank and filled in random bubbles for like 4 others, and science I was completely lost because I didn’t know any strategies such as skipping straight to the question. I took two practice tests before June2009 test. </p>
<p>I think this year’s science was actually more difficult, math was probably the same, reading was easier (but I’ve read probably 50+ books since last June), and English was a bit tougher. I feel like this year, there were more questions designed to trick us, and quite a bit of ambiguity.</p>
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<p>I feel the same way. In the English section, the questions were somewhat different. There seemed to be a lot more “Which one of these do not fit?”. I don’t remember any questions in which you had to reorder the paragraphs. There were more in which you had to reorder the sentences. This was the hardest English I’ve taken.</p>
<p>I’m reallllllllly liking that June 2009 curve, especially if science and english get better curves :)</p>
<p>Thanks matok!</p>
<p>FYI just so no one is mistaken, that’s June of 2008, NOT this year. This year’s has not been released as far as I know :)</p>
<p>Ooops. I meant June 2008, sorry. (although I wouldn’t mind if the curve stayed the same!)</p>
<p>gah, i just hope i do better than last time.</p>
<p>thanks matok, hey mbshooter can you post yours now?</p>
<p>So, you guyz think that the reading curve will b harsh again this time?</p>
<p>I felt that the reading section was relatively easy this time around, so I imagine it will be somewhat harsh. -1=34 is definitely a possibility, though I’m hoping for -1=35.</p>
<p>Hey, here’s the April 2009 curve, as requested</p>
<p>E:
0x-36
1-3x-35
4x-34
5x-33
6x-32
7x-31
8-9x-30
10x-29
11x-28</p>
<p>Math (very nice curve):
0-1x-36
2-3x-35
4x-34
5-6x-33
7x-32
8-9x-31
10x-30
11x-29
12-13x-28</p>
<p>Reading: (harsh)
0x-36
1x-34
2x-33
3x-32
4x-30
5x-29
6x-28</p>
<p>Science:
0-1x-36
2x-35
3x-34
4x-32
5x-31
6x-30
7x-29
8x-28</p>
<p>There you have it</p>
<p>Woooah that math curve is crazy! Care to compare April’s vs. June’s difficulties? Thanks for the post.</p>
<p>EDIT: Nevermind, I just saw your comments on difficulty in the other thread</p>
<p>@matok
haha no problem, glad the curve benefitted u
im really hoping its similar this time around, except a little better in reading
if so, i think i did well</p>
<p>i think -1 will be a 36 this time in reading</p>
<p>I think (and hope) the reading curve will be much better. The passages from this test were much harder than those in April’s test.</p>
<p>No one cares</p>