RE: Parents never went to college...had no idea what the ACT was and didn't

Oct 8, 2019
11:58:33am

Backcountry All-American

I remember trying to register for classes my first semester at the local college and i didn't have an ACT score so they had me take placement tests. I got placed math 0990 or something like that haha

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POLL: How many times did you take the ACT

Mayor of Cougartown

10/8/19 10:14am

I didn't really know what it was until after high school.

Backcountry

10/8/19 10:16am

My grandpa dangled a $5000 reward if I could get a 36

Coog4Life

10/8/19 10:17am

Twice. Bombed math the first time because I'd forgotten Geometry. Because

SandYFan

10/8/19 10:18am

I think I would have done much better with some test taking strategy taught to

Mayor of Cougartown

10/8/19 10:22am

My goal was to get a 36 on the math. I got a 35. I missed pre-algebra questions

Mems

10/8/19 10:26am

Needed a 33 to get a 4 year scholarship to BYU. Got a 32 the 1st 2 times and

rggee

10/8/19 10:19am

Once. Slept in and missed my second chance.

Cougarrr

10/8/19 10:20am

Twice. Got 36.

4th and Niner

10/8/19 10:26am

Isn't 18 + 18 = 38?

TNT

10/8/19 10:28am

RE: Isn't 18 + 18 = 38?

Cougarrr

10/8/19 10:31am

RE: Isn't 18 + 18 = 38?

4th and Niner

10/8/19 10:36am

No one really knows. It's a mystery. Like vegan friendly bacon.

Mems

10/8/19 10:43am

I’m right there with you

buffgato

10/8/19 10:31am

kid who lived on my floor freshman year bragged about his perfect score. Flunked

Mayor of Cougartown

10/8/19 10:36am

They say the predictive value of these tests is actually pretty low

buffgato

10/8/19 10:38am

As a generalization, people with higher scores go to harder schools. When you

Lance71

10/8/19 11:05am

Parents never went to college...had no idea what the ACT was and didn't care.

Kauai

10/8/19 10:54am

RE: Parents never went to college...had no idea what the ACT was and didn't

Backcountry

10/8/19 11:58am

My daughter took it 7 times. Ended with a 35.

Lance71

10/8/19 11:06am

That’s exactly what I did.

jxncoog

10/8/19 11:15am

Took it 4 times. Staggered over 3 years. Worked well for me.

TheWanderer

10/8/19 11:52am

Once, no prep.

Yohy

10/8/19 12:35pm

Just took the SAT and BYU called it good. Was that your Ask?

VballDad

10/8/19 8:18pm

it was not.

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