This Doesn"t Make Sense?

<p>Ok... so im a senior and i just got a damn 20 on my act.. seriously im capable and making a damn 26, i had the worst day, people in the room constantly coughing and making noises. My friend told me if you raise 4 points they think you're cheating and automatically throw away the test. Is this TRUE???? what if i make a 28!.. with some practice i can definetly do that.. thats so stupid</p>

<p>What the heck.. That seems pretty far-fetched to me. Also, if coughing and other noises bothered you, what makes you think it won't happen again while you're taking it?</p>

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My friend told me if you raise 4 points they think you're cheating and automatically throw away the test

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they being who? the school or the ACT organization? i took the ACT as a freshman and got a 28 (we had to take it for a program i was in). when i took it again as a senior, i got a 35. and ACT did not toss out my score and neither did the college i go to. so, i think that is a mistake.</p>

<p>i'm gonna take it in another place.. no seriously like you have no idea how bad it was at the center where i took it, the proctor didnt give a crap, people exchanging answers and stuff, and just a lot of noise.. and like hotpiece you took it in freshman year.. im taking mine again in 4 months would that matter?</p>

<p>i really don't think that'll matter at all. like i asked before, who is they?</p>

<p>ACT only sends the score you want to send to the college of your choice, so the colleges wouldn't be aware of changes in your score. and i don't think the ACT organization assumes cheating because of a 4 point change.</p>

<p>I think that if you retake the exam and do significantly better,then anyone seeing both your scores would assume you'd had a bad day the first time (as in perhaps you were sick or upset about something which made focusing on the exam difficult). So don't worry, just study, make sure you get enough rest the night before, and get a score you're happy with.</p>

<p>If you're a senior now (06-07 school year), you've already finished the college applications process--so who cares?</p>

<p>no i meant im a going into my senior year graduate of 08</p>

<p>why would they throw out the test? that doesn't even make sense. everyone has bad days.
don't worry about it, just try to score as high as you can.</p>

<p>No, they don't throw it out. Two of my friends improved from 28 to 33 and from 27 to 32 from June to October.</p>

<p>The throwing out the test thing is slightly exaggerated, but it isn't as far-fetched as you might imagine. Similar things have happened with the SAT. Some peoplehave come on CC and said that they logged onto the College Board website to check their scores, and the page said that the scores would not be released because the test-taker's score went up drastically from the last testing date. I think the person said that the site said something about an investigation, and I don't know if they ever got their scores after that.</p>

<p>Now, this could all be a lie, but I definitely saw a post about it here before.</p>

<p>They won't suspect you of cheating unless a proctor reports you for suspicious behavior or if your answers match another test taker's too closely.</p>