The Pessimistic Failures Club

[ACTTester]

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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.

Ok, well a 34 is obviously going to look like a great score if you’re scoring well below that (no offense). Obviously people who are thinking of applying to different, and less prestigious, places than me will look down on me retaking a 34. That’s not my problem; you guys don’t seem to understand that everyone has his or her own target score. If you can retake to improve your score, why shouldn’t I be able do the same? And I also didn’t mention: I was recovering from a cold on test day and used about 10 cough drops and 5 tissues. Why shouldn’t I retake if I wasn’t at my best ability?

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.

Ignorant post by ignorant new user is ignorant. I’ll be happy with my 34 when you’re happy with your 27.</p>

[ACTTester]

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Thing is, golfer didn’t retake a 34. He retook a 30 and a 32. There’s no hypocrisy.

The key word here is retook. He retook the ACT twice to get his target score and he’s discouraging someone else from doing the same? Exact definition of hypocrisy.</p>

[golfer111]

<p>Look, no one’s stopping you from retaking it. If you want to retake it, go for it. I was just a little concerned with your complaining of getting a 34, because THAT, my friend, is narcissistic. The fact that you COMPLAINED about a VERY high score, a score 99.9% of students will never achieve, is something no one wants to hear, whether or not they got a 36 or a 22. You got a great score, and although you may not be content, realize how you may be offending others. It’s not all about you and your petty worries. If you had gotten a 27, then yes, you have grounds for complaint. And you know what? You can’t base anything off what other kids on this forum do. These are the top 0.0001% of students in the world. Don’t retake it because of kids here. Some of these kids just sit in their rooms all day, while others go out and play a sport/lead a club/volunteer. Do what’s right for you, not conform to your surroundings. </p>

<p>And buddy, you don’t know where I come from. Don’t disrespect my father, because he came to this country with $200, a full scholarship to a small university, and the clothes on his back. He worked as a dishwasher at his cafeteria for $2/hour to make ends meet. And guess what? He made it big. So what I said makes sense. Perception is reality. Ask anyone on the street, and they’ll validate this statement. I don’t want this to come off as a sob story. It’s the truth. </p>

<p>Oh and the reason why I briefly explained my accomplishments is because YOU asked me what I’ve done for society; so hey, you got it. Don’t get upset because you got what you asked for. And yes, studying for a standardized test 24/7 IS selfish, to an extent. You’re obviously not contributing to your school or your community, so therefore you can’t be a beneficiary. </p>

<p>I didn’t retake the ACT to get a 33, btw. I retook it to get a 36, like everyone else who enters the testing room. But I got a 33, and I was happy. We’re both doing this to get into great schools, and you know that. So I retook it to get my good scores to great. You’re retaking your great score to get to great. I don’t think I could spell it out any clearer.</p>

<p>I’m gonna be honest with you. The fact that you blew up on my first post is your loss. You got rejected, and you blew up. Someone told you off, and you couldn’t handle it. THAT’S rejection. Not a piece of paper in the mail saying you’re not accepted to a university or a girl saying she has other plans Saturday night. </p>

<p>I’m gonna end it like this. I don’t respect your responses; you’re the one who has made attacking comments while I have just defended my case and pointed out invalidities in yours. But I will wish you good luck on your next ACT.</p>

[LaTina]

<p>ACTTester, you missed the mark here.</p>

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That’s not my problem; you guys don’t seem to understand that everyone has his or her own target score.

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<p>No, I understand that just fine. What you don’t seem to understand is that no one’s stopping you or discouraging you from retaking. </p>

<p>It’s more like… really? You’re upset with a 34? But here, let me give you the benefit of the doubt. Maybe things were blown out of context, maybe you didn’t really mean you hated your 34. </p>

<p>If you had said this, instead: A 34 is a great score, but I’m going to retake it just because I can.</p>

<p>Then you probably wouldn’t have gotten this:

forreal ACTTester? You’re upset with a 34? So I’m assuming you’re one of those kids who sits in his/her room all day studying and will bang his/her head against the wall if he/she get’s less than a 100 on every test?</p>

<p>Get a life. Seriously.

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<p>And like I said ACTtester, your response to that wasn’t any better.</p>

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The key word here is retook. He retook the ACT twice to get his target score and he’s discouraging someone else from doing the same? Exact definition of hypocrisy.

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<p>That would be hypocrisy if he was indeed discouraging you from retaking. It seemed to me like he wasn’t.</p>

<p>…lol, ACT reading comprehension skillz follow me everywhere!!!</p>

[ACTTester]

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I was just a little concerned with your complaining of getting a 34, because THAT, my friend, is narcissistic.

Sigh… What’s truly narcissistic here is you discouraging people from getting their target score when you didn’t follow your own advice.

But the fact that you COMPLAINED about a VERY high score, a score 99.9% of students will never achieve, is something no one wants to hear, whether or not they got a 36 or a 22. You got a great score, and although you may not be content, realize how you may be offending others.

I realize this and that’s why I apologized to batpad, who didn’t achieve his 34, earlier in this thread. Still no grounds for the rudeness of the first post you made.

Don’t retake it because of kids here. Some of these kids just sit in their rooms all day, while others go out and play a sport/lead a club/volunteer. Do what’s right for you, not conform to your surroundings.

The point is that I am not retaking because of the kids here. I was just giving an example as I didn’t see you attacking every kid on here wanting to retake a 34.

And buddy, you don’t know where I come from. Don’t disrespect my father, because he came to this country with $200, a full scholarship to a small university, and the clothes on his back. He worked as a dishwasher at his cafeteria for $2/hour to make ends meet. And guess what? He made it big. So what I said makes sense. Perception is reality. Ask anyone on the street, and they’ll validate this statement. I don’t want this to come off as a sob story. It’s the truth.

I wasn’t disrespecting your father as my father has a very similar history. Your statement just sounded very clich</p>

[everlastingwish]

<p>Lol big argument. </p>

<p>ACTTester. It is fine IMO you are not satisfied with your score, as you were expecting better. Since 1 am today (in my timezone), however, nearly EVERY post I’ve seen by you - and there were plenty of them - included your complaints. We get it, you want a 35+, not a 34. Be more considerate and stop belittling the accomplishments of others by complaining incessantly. No one’s stopping you from retaking it.</p>

[ACTTester]

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But here, let me give you the benefit of the doubt. Maybe things were blown out of context, maybe you didn’t really mean you hated your 34.

Yes, maybe “hated” was the wrong word. I was just really ****ed off at that point in time because the Reading curve had screwed me over, though. Sorry about that. In essence, my meaning remains the same though: I am not content with the 34 and plan to retake it.

That would be hypocrisy if he was indeed discouraging you from retaking. It seemed to me like he wasn’t.

You need stellar Reading Comprehension skills to interpret what this guy is saying. First, he ridicules me for not being content with my 34 and then says he wasn’t discouraging me from retaking. Analyzing his posts will probably have a beneficial effect on your next ACT Reading score. ;)</p>

[LaTina]

<p>Back off ACTtester, we got the same reading score!!! lol</p>

<p>For the most part, it seemed to me that he wasn’t discouraging you though. Only in that one post where he mentioned something about adcoms looking unfavorably on kids who retake really high scores. </p>

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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.

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<p>What was the author trying to do by including the underlined statement above?</p>

<p>To me, he seemed to just be making a point that adcoms would rather have kids who are happy with high scores rather than kids who stress too much. I don’t think he was necessarily discouraging you from retaking.</p>

[ACTTester]

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nearly EVERY post I’ve seen by you - and there were plenty of them - included your complaints. We get it, you want a 35+, not a 34. Be more considerate and stop belittling the accomplishments of others by complaining incessantly. No one’s stopping you from retaking it.

Yes, like I said, I was just ****ed off at that point in time. “Hated” was the wrong word. Sorry about that. I did not mean to “belittle the accomplishments of others”, how ever you saw me doing that.

No one’s stopping you from retaking it.

No, no one is stopping me but golfer was making a pretty big effort there. ;)</p>

<p>Anyway, I spent too much time here and got homework to do, so I’m off.</p>

[ACTTester]

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Back off ACTtester, we got the same reading score!!! lol

Lol. 10char</p>

[golfer111]

<p>^No one RIDICULED you. That’s a strong word. I was a little ticked, so I pointed out your incessant complaints, as everlastingwish stated. I would never call someone out over one post, but seeing as how you’ve been constantly complaining about this and that since 1 AM, it gets old quick. </p>

<p>I’m sorry you weren’t feeling 100% during your test, but frankly, I don’t care if a nuke went off during your test. You still shouldn’t be complaining about a 34.</p>

<p>No one’s stopping you from retaking. No one’s trying to stop you from achieving your “target score”. But we are trying to stop you from complaining, because it’s getting on a lot of people’s nerves.</p>

<p>Oh and I love how you went through my last post and refuted everything (albeit it poorly in that it was 100% hostility and 0% contemplated logic) but managed to leave out my best wishes on your retake. THIS, my friend, is the point I’m trying to make. You can’t take rejection, so if someone finally hits you on the head, you blow up. When that person becomes the better person and wishes you luck, you proceed to add fuel to the fire and completely ignore the positives in the post. I hope you agree with me now, and if not, best wishes in life.</p>

[LaTina]

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I would never call someone out over one post, but seeing as how you’ve been constantly complaining about this and that since 1 AM, it gets old quick.

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<p>Yeah! I was feeling awesome about my reading score until you said that ACT screwed us over. And then I started thinking that the ACT screwed us over. And then I felt bad about my reading score! >: O</p>

<p>y’gotta realize that the internet is srs bsnss</p>

<p>edit: btw, everyone’s taking this too seriously. This is the pessimistic failures club, so yah. Just saying.</p>

[ACTTester]

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Oh and I love how you went through my last post and refuted everything (albeit it poorly in that it was 100% hostility and 0% contemplated logic)

Sigh, do you seriously have to waste more of my time? Once again, I don’t think you understand the fact that most your posts were illogical and hypocritical to the end. Go back and read them over and maybe you’ll see my point.

When that person becomes the better person and wishes you luck, you proceed to add fuel to the fire and completely ignore the positives in the post.

Like you said before, the first impression you get of someone is generally what carries your view of that person. More hypocrisy, I guess… -_-</p>

[golfer111]

<p>Haha I bet RAlec’s gonna come back to a nice surprise…</p>

[rocketrick]

<p>@golfer111</p>

<p>It’s hard for me to take you seriously. First of all, you have no idea what colleges are looking for. You also demean the profession of thousands of researchers currently in scientific fields, including myself, by stating that colleges don’t want people who work in laboratories. They’re called research institutions. Google it. </p>

<p>ACTTester wants a better score. One that you think is reasonable. To each his own. If I had gotten a 34, I probably wouldn’t have retaken, despite wanting a 35. But he obviously wants to. So don’t hate on him for wanting to get a better score. :)</p>

<p>@ACTTester</p>

<p>Just let it go. By rebutting each person line-by-line, you fuel the fires of rage they have. I support your next test, and hope you score as well as you hope to! :)</p>

[ACTTester]

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Just let it go. By rebutting each person line-by-line, you fuel the fires of rage they have. I support your next test, and hope you score as well as you hope to!

Thanks, dude. Congrats on your 36, btw! You deserve it. :)</p>

[golfer111]

<p>^No one said colleges don’t want RESEARCHERS. It’s a figure of speech. Colleges don’t want people who will sit in a laboratory and count molecules all day. The want students who be successful in society. All this means is that they want well-rounded students. They want students who can walk into a job interview and walk out with a job. By no means am I degrading research, I myself have researched cerebral palsy over the summer at a 70 hour internship. In a nutshell, they don’t want kids who coop themselves up all day at their desk studying until the crack of dawn. </p>

<p>And if you had read my previous posts, you would have realized that I was by no means hating on him getting a higher score. I was a little ticked off by his incessant complaining of his score.</p>

[RAlec114]

<p>This thread has evolved.</p>

[213830]

<p>I am very unhappy with my 32. I was expecting a 33 and the section that went down was…Reading: the only section I was doing VERY well in consistently in the practice tests and in the past two ACts…I am very dissatisfied</p>

[redjohn]

<p>Never though I’d witness E-drama on CC
hayyyy</p>