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re: ACT scores are horse sh*t
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:50 am to LSUEEAlum
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:50 am to LSUEEAlum
quote: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).
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".
This post was edited on 3/13/15 at 7:57 am
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Posted on 3/13/15 at 8:00 am to buckeye_vol
quote:You would think someone with an engineering degree could understand that.
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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