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Posted by bloated_cow on Dec-13-2003 18:06:

The ACT yell

Well, I just got back from taking the ACT..... frankly, I feel quite used. Twenty-five bucks and 6 hours of SATURDAY MORNING TIME later, I realize that I probably just wasted all those things for a subpar label in the form a number! I didn't study at all and I am probably going to get like a 15 or something. It was too damn early to concentrate on this test, they don't feed you, and I had other things on my mind, like my ex.......... *sigh

(* puts on Oceanlab - Satellite (Markus Schulz Coldharbour Remix) and everything doesnt seem so bad......)

Posted by VIO on Dec-13-2003 19:39:

the act is easy, i'm sure you'll get higher then a 15. i got a 24 and was up all night the night before practicing with my band. that was 10 years ago.

Posted by PhloTron on Dec-13-2003 19:42:

ya know, the monkey got a 12

Posted by refuge on Dec-13-2003 19:44:

quote:
Originally posted by VIO
the act is easy, i'm sure you'll get higher then a 15. i got a 24 and was up all night the night before practicing with my band. that was 10 years ago.

you probably studied before...

-reZ

Posted by Nadi on Dec-13-2003 19:55:

I didnt take the act cuz none of the schools I applied to require it

Where are you applying to?

Posted by mndeg on Dec-13-2003 20:00:

west coasters take SAT midwesters take ACT

Posted by refuge on Dec-13-2003 20:02:

in the west coast (depending on which school you are applying to),

you take the SAT I: Reasoning and / or have a choice of taking the

SAT II or the ACT. most people take the SAT II.

-reZ

Posted by MindShifter on Dec-13-2003 20:25:

Re: The ACT yell

quote:
Originally posted by bloated_cow
Well, I just got back from taking the ACT..... frankly, I feel quite used. Twenty-five bucks and 6 hours of SATURDAY MORNING TIME

$25 is cheap! The G.R.E.'s cost $110/attempt, also unlike the ACT/SAT the schools get all of your scores. So if you take it 3 times, the grad schools get all 3 scores. I took the ACT in the summer before my senior year of HS, I didnt think it was a big deal, a lot of people I knew found it difficult. Oh well, that was awhile ago. . . .

Posted by Pio on Dec-13-2003 20:45:

$25 is really cheap. I took the LSAT last week and that really sucked. I spent over $200 in all of the fees that were required.

Posted by Omegasox on Dec-13-2003 22:41:

quote:
Originally posted by mndeg
west coasters take SAT midwesters take ACT

I live in the midwest and everyone I know took the SAT. =\

Posted by bloated_cow on Dec-13-2003 22:45:

quote:
Originally posted by YaleTrance
$25 is really cheap. I took the LSAT last week and that really sucked. I spent over $200 in all of the fees that were required.

All of a sudden $25 and some wasted time doesnt seem so bad! Thanks for the pick me up!

Posted by squirrelly on Dec-13-2003 23:06:

I got a 26. Piece of cake. I did it half asleep too... I was too lazy though to take it again to get two points higher to get a 100% scholarship.

Posted by montie on Dec-13-2003 23:08:

quote:
Originally posted by mndeg
west coasters take SAT midwesters take ACT

i grew up in st. louis and i took both

now i'm on the west coast

Posted by squirrelly on Dec-13-2003 23:12:

quote:
Originally posted by mndeg
west coasters take SAT midwesters take ACT

When montie commented on that I just noticed this, heh

I'm in Florida, and I took both.

Posted by arctic on Dec-14-2003 00:05:

Someone enlighten this pour soul, and tell him what the hell an ACT is

Posted by PhaseFour on Dec-14-2003 03:04:

well, i live on the west coast, and i did so much better on the act: 33 on the act compared to like a 1240 on SAT lol

thank the lord i dont need to waste another sat. morning after this one!

Posted by MrSquirrel on Dec-14-2003 07:18:

quote:
Originally posted by arctic
Someone enlighten this pour soul, and tell him what the hell an ACT is

The ACT is a standardized test that is used for high school students applying to college/uiniversity.

It is similar to the SAT though it has a smaller scale (36 is the highest possible).

The ACT is superior (IMHO) in one major way. Unlike the SAT which penalizes you 1/8 of a point for each incorrect answer the ACT is based only on correct answers with no penalties. Educated guessing is an important skill which the SAT actually penalizes takers for using.

MrS

Posted by Silence_S on Dec-14-2003 08:24:

yeah 25 isnt bad at all...to take the MCAT is almost 300... sucks to take it. period.

Posted by arctic on Dec-14-2003 08:50:

quote:
Originally posted by MrSquirrel
The ACT is a standardized test that is used for high school students applying to college/uiniversity.

It is similar to the SAT though it has a smaller scale (36 is the highest possible).

The ACT is superior (IMHO) in one major way. Unlike the SAT which penalizes you 1/8 of a point for each incorrect answer the ACT is based only on correct answers with no penalties. Educated guessing is an important skill which the SAT actually penalizes takers for using.

MrS

Ah, I see. I'm not sure what kind of testing is done down here, although I had to do very simaliar tests to get a place at high school.

Posted by klingklang77 on Dec-14-2003 09:23:

Re: Re: The ACT yell

quote:
Originally posted by MindShifter
$25 is cheap! The G.R.E.'s cost $110/attempt, also unlike the ACT/SAT the schools get all of your scores.

the GREs are $110!!!!!! geez. and i will be taking it at least 2 times, sometime next year. ugh.

Posted by Photo_bot_2k1 on Dec-14-2003 09:33:

quote:
Originally posted by MrSquirrel
The ACT is a standardized test that is used for high school students applying to college/uiniversity.

It is similar to the SAT though it has a smaller scale (36 is the highest possible).

The ACT is superior (IMHO) in one major way. Unlike the SAT which penalizes you 1/8 of a point for each incorrect answer the ACT is based only on correct answers with no penalties. Educated guessing is an important skill which the SAT actually penalizes takers for using.

MrS

wow i did not know that
i probably shoulda taken the act's