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re: What is a "good" ACT score?
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:21 am to RyseofRome
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:21 am to RyseofRome
I took it when I was 33 when I went to college and got a 23....I thought that was pretty decent for not having been in school since hs.
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:37 am to Hammertime
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I got a 32 and flunked out of college twice
Being smart =/= being a good student
I think that being a good student can get you a good score even if you aren't the smartest. The ACT really tests the things you learned in school. It's not an IQ test. I had people who I helped out in math class score better in math than I did. I didn't prepare at all and they did. I ended up with a shitty score compared to what I expected out of myself, but I always did pretty well when I applied myself and made pretty good grades in ME once I quit effing around.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:41 am to JPLIII
No way could I get as high a score as I did now. My memory has deteriorated significantly over the past 12 years and because of that, I have developed test anxiety. It is to the point where I take supplements.....but they don't really do much because I forget to take them.
Fricking sucks busting my arse for days before a test, only to forget everything once I get in there. Happened to me yesterday actually. No amount of studying or prep can fix me now. For some ridiculous reason though, I have kept above a 3.0 since going back.
Fricking sucks busting my arse for days before a test, only to forget everything once I get in there. Happened to me yesterday actually. No amount of studying or prep can fix me now. For some ridiculous reason though, I have kept above a 3.0 since going back.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:59 am to Hammertime
I agree man...I couldn't take it now and expect that. Though when I took it, I was 33 and in a class with a bunch of 17 yr olds who were wondering what the old dude was doing there...so that provided a bit of extra anxiety. lol
Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:22 am to TDsngumbo
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He scored a 19 on the ACT in high school
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LSU Honors College
I'm going to call BS on that...The LSU Honors College requires that you score in the 30 range to get in. They do a little bit of a sliding scale, but with a 19 he would have had trouble getting admitted to the University in the early 2000s.
I'm not saying YOU don't believe the guy, but he was lying to you. (Unless he took the SAT and killed it, in which case your point is still invalid)
Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:25 am to Walking the Earth
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Only a handful of people claimed scores of 30+ and one of them gave visual proof.
as has been the case for my 10 years here
i offered to take a pic once and the OT declined. this was back i 04 doe
Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:26 am to TDsngumbo
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I know a guy who graduated from White Castle High School in the early 2000's who went on to graduate from LSU with a 4.0 from their Honors College.
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He scored a 19 on the ACT
impossible
i think you're confusing graduating with honors and graduating from the honors college
Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:31 am to RyseofRome
I took the ACT twice but never ended up taking the SAT
1st time - 26.
2nd time - 21. I traveled to a nearby town one weekend to take the test. Twenty minutes into the drive I realized I left my calculator in our mud room at my house. I was in a rush and forgot to pick up my gatorade & calculator after putting on my shoes. [this is when I began to freak the hell out] I called my mom/dad and both had already left the house and I was too far into the drive to turn around. When I got to the testing center, I asked everyone around but no one had an extra. The whole day was a clusterfrick but some how I escaped with a 21
Now that I look back, I wish I would have taken it a few more times and popped an addy
1st time - 26.
2nd time - 21. I traveled to a nearby town one weekend to take the test. Twenty minutes into the drive I realized I left my calculator in our mud room at my house. I was in a rush and forgot to pick up my gatorade & calculator after putting on my shoes. [this is when I began to freak the hell out] I called my mom/dad and both had already left the house and I was too far into the drive to turn around. When I got to the testing center, I asked everyone around but no one had an extra. The whole day was a clusterfrick but some how I escaped with a 21
Now that I look back, I wish I would have taken it a few more times and popped an addy
Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:35 am to SlowFlowPro
You have your piece of paper from the ACT still?
Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:36 am to Hammertime
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You have your piece of paper from the ACT still?
it's in a personal file/lock box with other personal documents
Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:36 am to Hammertime
I'm sure my mom does 
Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:37 am to Hammertime
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You have your piece of paper from the ACT still?
You don't?
Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:37 am to GeorgeReymond
The ACT means absolutely nothing after you get accepted to college. Once you are 30 and in a career, nobody cares if you scored a 30 or a 25.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:37 am to jimbeam
well that offer was 10 years ago, too, before i had even graduated undergrad
Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:38 am to LSUfan20005
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The ACT means absolutely nothing after you get accepted to college. Once you are 30 and in a career, nobody cares if you scored a 30 or a 25.
No shite.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:38 am to LSUfan20005
I know
But a 27 would have gotten out of state tuition waived at LSU
But a 27 would have gotten out of state tuition waived at LSU
Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:40 am to jimbeam
quote:Same here. As an accountant, she got in the habit of keeping taxes from years ago. If I ever buy something with a warranty, I drop the receipt off at her house pronto. At my house, it would be lost in an hour
I'm sure my mom does
Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:42 am to Deactived
quote:Yes it does. The only good news about that is many good students leave Texas and go to LSU.
texas has weird rules regarding getting accepted into schools like UT and A&M. if you are in the top 10% of your class, you are automatically accepted, regardless of your school's academic rep. this keeps a lot of well deserving students out of those two schools
Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:43 am to Hammertime
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Same here. As an accountant, she got in the habit of keeping taxes from years ago. If I ever buy something with a warranty, I drop the receipt off at her house pronto. At my house, it would be lost in an hour
I just scan all this kinda stuff into evernote now.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:49 am to ForeverLSU02
22 and up
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