I just got my ACT scores in the mail and I was wondering how they compare to others on this board, if any of you have 'em around.
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I just got my ACT scores in the mail and I was wondering how they compare to others on this board, if any of you have 'em around.
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Great job.
Excellent job. If I had that score, I'd have a great scholarship. I should be getting the results in the next few weeks; I need a minimum composite score of 30.
32/32/32/36 (33).
That was three years ago, though.
whats the max you can get and whats like concidered good and decent? im taking those in june i think
The maximum in any category is 36. The average is set to 21, so anything above that is at least decent if not great. A "good" score would be somewhere in the middle; maybe 29 or higher.
25, I want to take it because I think I could do better, that was a year ago
//napKIN
27 composite, pretty good
i also got a 1270 on the SAT
Well, I got a 1430 on the SAT's. I don't know how that translates to ACTs though.
//I forgot to post my score.
it was weird, first time i didn't finish a test, it was on the SATs and the ACTs.
1220 SAT
27 composite ACT
I figured they're good enough, I'll go to whichever college accepts me. I was accepted at some of the top universities in the nation, ranking in engineering, so I guess they were good. I could have done better probably, but I got into college, so... I took the SATs once, ACTs twice. My grades are pretty high and my course load is extremely challenging, at least that's what people tell me, wasn't that hard though. Depending on the college, grades and course load may be considered more so than test scores, but test scores are still taken quite some in admissions.
I'm still a senior in HS, I'll be graduating in ~3wks.
Yep, you suck:mad:Quote:
Originally posted by alpha
are still taken quite some in admissions.
I'm still a senior in HS, I'll be graduating in ~3wks.
ah cool. gotcha.Quote:
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The maximum in any category is 36. The average is set to 21, so anything above that is at least decent if not great. A "good" score would be somewhere in the middle; maybe 29 or higher.
im looking into sunyit @ utica..i see ur at ithaca..hows it up there? im down in westchester
Do you mean the city, or my university (Cornell)? Ithaca is OK, I guess; not particularly eventful and hard to get around without a car... snows a lot, although I guess most of upstate is like that. Cornell's a great place, certainly; although very selective by the standards of most colleges so you have to have pretty good grades/scores to get in.
Took it in 8th grade and got a (I think) 23. Took it twice in 12th grade and got 30s both times. One of the English sections messed me up - I got like a 34 on the Science and a 33 or so on Math.
damn govt lol. pro..i have a friend going to cornell..the SUNY one though. yeah ive heard it snows alot up there =\ oh well
VERY IMPRESSIVE! I got a 1380 on the SATs and neither do i know how that translates. But great job on the scores dude!
(btw took SATs 2 years ago)
-Bill
I havent gotten my scores back, but i definitely blew it in the math section. Reason being, im in 10th grade, i havent had trig(for me its in 11th or 12th), and 85% or so of the questions were solving identities, etc. I could of done them, its just, it would of taken along time as i hadnt done them before, and would of gotten very little done.
there were only about 4 trig questions when i took it. they only put about 4 questions on trig. the rest is geometry and algebra.Quote:
Originally posted by EvBladeRunnervE
I havent gotten my scores back, but i definitely blew it in the math section. Reason being, im in 10th grade, i havent had trig(for me its in 11th or 12th), and 85% or so of the questions were solving identities, etc. I could of done them, its just, it would of taken along time as i hadnt done them before, and would of gotten very little done.
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Yep, you suck:(
Graduating in 3 weeks.
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Graduating in 3 weeks.
yeah, I only have 2 wks of school left, then senior week, then graduating on the 22nd.
i am not taking the acts and got 1250 on the psats. I have a friend that got 1500 on the sats and is going to harvard.
The funny thing is, these tests in reality dont mean jack squat, they really dont test you knowledge of a subject, just your knowledge on test taking, i mean, one can knock off 2-3 choices in multiple choice questions, just by elimination.
that stuff is still necessary to get anywhere in today's society.
>The funny thing is, these tests in reality dont mean jack squat
everybody loves to say that, but in reality, there is correlation between test scores and IQ, and also test scores and first year grades in college (this is what this test is claimed to measure). Of course its not an absolute determination, but it is useful, even if only for the simple fact that its a standardized test.
btw, I got a 1450
IQ and standardized test scores are generally useless in telling what people will be, and how actually smart they are. My definition of smart is a problem solver, a person that is also able to figure out multiple ways of solving something. IQ tests just test how "educated" you are, but not your ability to learn and comprehend. after all, I may know the meaning of a 15-sylable word, but that doesnt mean I "understand" it, as in, using it with semantics.
All in all, they DO have an affect on your life, but, technically, they shouldnt.
for the most part i agree with you blade. I actually thought that IQ tests involved problem solving. But anyway like I said all of these tests and college and such is important for getting anywhere in this society. It'd be worth your (and my) time to just forget the fact that it doesn't necessarily prove anything and just try to get a good grade...in this case that's what a 'smart' person would do.
knowledge is more powerful than intelligence.
Being a hard worker is more important than being talented!
talent + hard work == better than just one of them.Quote:
Originally posted by Terrance11
knowledge is more powerful than intelligence.
Being a hard worker is more important than being talented!