I'll disagree. I was ranked top 10 in my graduating class by gpa. I made a 18 on my ACT. In 2003 that was enough to get me tops and into lsu so I never took it again. I graduated in EE with a 3.4 and make 6 figures. I'm 29. Some people just don't do well taking standardized tests. ACT doesn't mean shite in the real world. It's about how hard you work and doing a good job. The valedictorian of my class made a 34 on her ACT, dropped out of engineering after 1 year because it was "too hard".

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Posted by LSUAlum2001

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Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:32 am to LSUEEAlum

I ended up taking it twice to try to improve it for a Naval Academy scholarship. My 2nd attempt was a 27, and didn't get it so I served out my enlistment and enrolled at LSU.

Zero prep taking it, either. I'm sure I could have squeezed another 3-4 points out of it if I spent some prep time.

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Posted by buckeye_vol

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Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:50 am to LSUEEAlum

quote:
I'll disagree. I was ranked top 10 in my graduating class by gpa. I made a 18 on my ACT. In 2003 that was enough to get me tops and into lsu so I never took it again. I graduated in EE with a 3.4 and make 6 figures. I'm 29. Some people just don't do well taking standardized tests. ACT doesn't mean shite in the real world. It's about how hard you work and doing a good job. The valedictorian of my class made a 34 on her ACT, dropped out of engineering after 1 year because it was "too hard".

I just don't get how hard it is for people to understand that personal anecdotes do not reinforce nor discredit the population and group level trends and phenomena. In other words, you cannot draw conclusions from a personal experience. It is a logical fallacy (exception fallacy).

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