<p>@batpad i’m honestly sorry. i kept asking myself how bad i would feel if that happened to me. Probably just bad luck.</p>
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Same. This ACT unfortunately did not have the greatest curves (as proportional to the difficulty of the test). I’m sorry dude. :(</p>
<p>Reading was so freaking flawed dude… duam I am so ticked</p>
<p>Yeah, I hit 36 36 36 32 (r) last April.</p>
<p>2 questions from that perfect score. Will follow me for the rest. of. my. life. (not really but…)</p>
<p>^ Still a great score. Nice!</p>
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<p>Seriously though, I agree with golfer111. Seeing you complain about a 34 reminds me of a freak classmate that cries and throws temper tantrums whenever she doesn’t do perfectly. The only different is she’s getting over it. :P</p>
<p>@ACTTester:</p>
<p>Yeah brah, my 33 is a really low score. No need to get upset, I’m just stating the obvious. If you can’t take rejection from an anonymous poster on a college forum, then I pray for you when you get those rejection letters come April 2012. </p>
<p>Anyone who complains about a 34, which is in the upper-99th percentile, should seriously get a life. And it’s not just me who says that…it’s the college admissions officers. I know ex-adcoms from Princeton and UNC-CH, and they said that if a student has above a certain high score but keeps retaking the test just to improve a point or two on the ACT, they look upon that unfavorably. They know you’re smart with your 34, so go do something meaningful like interning or hanging out with friends. Remember, colleges don’t want nerds who sit in their rooms all day and stress about grades. They want well-rounded individuals who can contribute to society in a positive manner, not people who’ll end up sitting in a laboratory counting molecules all day after they graduate.</p>
<p>Take this as some advice bro. Learn to accept rejection, or life’s gonna be a long, painful journey.</p>
<p>^^ Seeing me complain about a 34 reminds you of someone who throws temper tantrums? I repeat my question: what in hell do you know about me? Though, I do love how all the people hating on me right now are ones who got lower than they thought they would. Bitter, much?</p>
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And you think I sit in my room stressing about my grades all day because I complain about getting a 34 on the ACT? Your logic is pitiful.
And you retook the ACT what 3 times based on your Chance Thread? Hypocritical statement is hypocritical.
And you’re contributing to society in a “positive” manner how? By attacking someone on CC whom you don’t even know because he got a higher score than you? Once again, your comments reek of hypocrisy.
Rejection? I’m not the bitter one here, “bro”. That would be you.</p>
<p>SOOOO how bout those practice tests</p>
<p>Bro…no one’s bitter. No one’s jealous. We’re just stating the obvious. </p>
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<li><p>How is that pitiful logic? Someone who complains about a beautiful ACT score = someone who stresses about grades. Maybe this isn’t you, and I apologize, but you know what, this is how you come across. As my father says, who’s worked as an executive in Corporate America for 25+ years, perception is reality. If you come off as the above description as a first impression, you better believe people are gonna have a hard time believing otherwise.</p></li>
<li><p>Yes I did. Because you obviously missed the main point of my post. I had a 30 on my 1st try, obviously not high enough for a top school. 2nd try, I had a 32, which is still on shaky grounds. So you know what? GASP. I took it again. Got a 33, my goal. I can GUARANTEE you if I had made a 33 on my first or second tries, I wouldn’t have complained like you have. In fact, I would bask in how blessed I would be to hold one of the top scores of all high school students in the world in my hands.</p></li>
<li><p>You keep misunderstanding. No one’s attacking you, we’re just stating the obvious. And guess what. I lead 3 clubs at my school. I manage over 300 students. My club advisors do just that: advise. I run it. I ensure the success of the Debate and HOSA teams at my school in competition. I’ve done 140 hours worth of medical internships. If you want more, go to my chance thread which you have rudely commented on. This is contributing to society: making everyone else better while making yourself better. Studying for an extra point on a standardized test just makes YOU better = selfishness. There’s a point where selfishness is good; obviously you can’t win if others are winning also. But there’s a point where selfishness is bad, and I’m sure you can figure this out.</p></li>
<li><p>Not bitter, not upset. Just defending my case. Learn how to take rejection buddy, because when I learned this skill, I realized how much farther it will take me in life than an extra point on the ACT.</p></li>
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<p>To all of you guys who opt to take it again, good luck! 
I had a pleasant surprise for my first time taking the ACT.</p>
<p>You guys have got this! :D</p>
<p>@LaTina: Absolutely not. Retake it! I’m referring to students whose scores exceed 33-34, this is when the extra points become useless. A 30 is a very solid score for most schools, just not the top universities. Congrats! :)</p>
<p>lol, sorry, I deleted my post after reading yours. Thanks! I am very happy with my scores and it’s a match for the schools I’m aiming for, but any chance I get to further improve my scores, I’m taking it. But that’s easier for me to say because I’m using a fee waiver.</p>
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Have you seen the number of people on CC who retake 34s and 35s? Or are you just generally ignorant? Maybe a 33 suits someone with your capabilities but please don’t try to drag down people who want to improve even 34s and 35s if they have the potential to do so. That itself reflects negatively on you. And you were talking about Princeton adcoms who were saying retaking the ACT for an extra point or two reflects negatively on you? You do realize Princeton offers the use of Score Choice? Durr.
Lol… “As my father says,”… Not even going to reply to this…
I seriously couldn’t care less what you believe about me. You are obviously someone who makes assumptions and attacks people without knowing anything about them so you have absolutely no value in my book.
You have your target score and I have mine. Or do you not understand that simple point?
Good for you “bro”.
Yes, it’s quite obvious that you have absolutely no clue what you’re talking about. You also have a tendency to make illogical and hypocritical posts which is also obvious.
Narcissistic post, much? What was the point of all this self-promotion?
This is the stupidest thing I have heard from you yet. Studying to do better on a standardized test makes me “selfish”? Who in hell do you think you are?
Rejection from who, “buddy”? You’re still not making sense. Illogical conclusion does not relate to illogical post.</p>
<p>@golfer111</p>
<p>It was his first time, and he wants to get a higher score. You’ve taken it three times. Chill.</p>
<p>I agree with golfer that retaking a 34 is CRAZY. No one’s stopping you, obviously. But you do understand how that’s going to come off to other people that you’re retaking a 34? Although he shouldn’t have criticized you, he did, and your response wasn’t any better.</p>
<p>ACTTester just shut up and be happy you have a 34. If you can’t be happy about that, you’re going to have a sad life.</p>
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Thank you. I’m glad someone apart from me sees the utter hypocrisy in this guy’s posts.</p>
<p>Thing is, golfer didn’t retake a 34. He retook a 30 and a 32. There’s no hypocrisy.</p>