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Cactuar Zone => Random lnsanity => Topic started by: invincible13matt on May 29, 2007, 01:18:41 pm

Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: invincible13matt on May 29, 2007, 01:18:41 pm: Who here had to take the ACT this year? How did you do and how do you feel about it?
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: dester55 on May 29, 2007, 05:00:04 pm: i didn't do it but i have a friend that scored a 13 on it
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: invincible13matt on May 29, 2007, 05:01:03 pm: ouch... 13?
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: dester55 on May 29, 2007, 05:04:10 pm: Quote from: invincible13matt
ouch... 13?
ya, 1/2 the 11th graders scored a 13 on it in my school
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: Kaiser on May 29, 2007, 05:10:16 pm: What is this ACT you speak of?
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: invincible13matt on May 29, 2007, 06:19:25 pm: you don't know what the ACT is?

And dester, what kind of school do you go to? Most of my school scored at least 20
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: dester55 on May 29, 2007, 06:30:29 pm: http://cybernations.rialliance.net/index.php?showtopic=1218 (http://cybernations.rialliance.net/index.php?showtopic=1218) go there and check the link i put in, also i'm the one that wrote all that stuff at the bottom, so dont tell anyone
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: invincible13matt on May 29, 2007, 07:29:15 pm: wow. Short article. My school has a pretty long one... and a 22.3 average on the ACT. I'm above the average I guess. I got a 35.
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: Remington on May 29, 2007, 08:05:33 pm: wow lol guess im not that smart i just got a 22 on it but then again i didnt even study for it
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: invincible13matt on May 29, 2007, 09:05:46 pm: does anyone actually study for the ACT? Well, I took this lame prep course but I didn't learn anything from it... it just made me bored and made me hate ACT. Maybe that's why I didn't get a 36... oh well. I'll get where I want to go with 35.
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: Kaiser on May 29, 2007, 09:12:00 pm: What the hell is the ACT? Also I'm from Canada so If this is some crazy americain thing that would be why I don't know about it.
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: zblewski on May 29, 2007, 09:16:56 pm: Same.
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: cctmsp13 on May 30, 2007, 12:16:16 am: Quote from: Kaiser
What the hell is the ACT? Also I'm from Canada so If this is some crazy americain thing that would be why I don't know about it.

ACT = American College Test
SAT = Scholastic Aptitude Test

These two are the two major tests used to get entry into an university in the United States. Almost every major American University accepts one of the two. Universities in coastal states tend to use the SAT, Universities in the interior tend to use the ACT.

The ACT tests on Science, Math, Reading comprehension, and English. You are scored 1 to 36 in each section, then given an average score. An average high schooler will get a 20 - 21. Invincible's 35, and even my 32 put us in the top 1% of test takers.

Don't know as much about the SAT (Wisconsin's a long way from either coast), but their scores go up to 1600 or 2400.
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: invincible13matt on May 30, 2007, 11:13:45 am: The SAT is graded on Math and English, each on a scale of 200-800 points each. So a maximum score is 1600. Higher is better. Or at least that's what I remember. I had to take the SAT in 7th grade.
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: Shaner on May 30, 2007, 02:16:56 pm: I took the ACT when I was in the 8th grade. It was kind of "do it for fun and experience" type of thing. I scored a 14 or a 15, I don't remember. I should probably take it for real one of these days.
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: invincible13matt on May 30, 2007, 03:10:34 pm: Why would anyone take the ACT "for fun"?
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: dester55 on May 30, 2007, 03:21:19 pm: Quote from: invincible13matt
Why would anyone take the ACT "for fun"?
we get to take a prep ACT at my school. i bombed that because i just filled in random bubbles.
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: invincible13matt on May 30, 2007, 04:00:20 pm: I got the honor (sarcasm) of taking an entire prep course. Didn't help at all.
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: ace of spades on May 30, 2007, 04:32:53 pm: hehe *grins* i won't need to take a prep course. i saw the heck you went through matt, and i'm not going to do it! (besides i have no time to do it even if i wanted to)
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: enragedlobster on May 30, 2007, 08:07:03 pm: I only had to take the SAT.
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Post by: invincible13matt on May 30, 2007, 08:17:59 pm: either sucks.
Title: The ACT!!!
Post by: Shaner on May 30, 2007, 09:15:55 pm: Quote from: invincible13matt
Why would anyone take the ACT "for fun"?

My point, exactly. It sucked. Four hours in a room with about a 10 minute break.