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re: What is a "good" ACT score?
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:44 pm to TigahRag
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:44 pm to TigahRag
I got married and needed something stable to put food on the table. When I couldn't find something (and in hindsight I failed to apply myself like I should have, and didn't make the connections I should have in college) I took whatever I could get that wasn't minimum wage. I worked in a fab shop until they screwed me over after I did a huge favor for them. Then someone I knew told me about a position that had opened up at a plant, so I applied for it and got it.
It was good money and great benefits and I had a kid on the way. I had to do what I had to in order to provide.
It was good money and great benefits and I had a kid on the way. I had to do what I had to in order to provide.
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Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:44 pm to RyseofRome
I'd say upper 20s and above are respectable enough to tell people when you're in high school and feel good about yourself.
28 I guess.
28 I guess.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:44 pm to Chris Farley
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I'm really enjoying all of the "I know a guy who got 19 and is a genius, and a dumbass who got a 35".
Clearly the exam has some merit, and statistically getting a higher score is a decent indicator of success in college. One random example doesn't mean much.
Here's another: I got a 32, but I know that doesn't really mean anything seeing as I have a 2.6 GPA in college.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:45 pm to GRTiger
I got a 32, should I post a pic then? I beat my two oldest brothers who each got a 31, so I was very happy. My only goal was to beat them.
Regarding anecdotal evidence from people saying the test was meaningless, I would say all the people I went to school with that scored well were unquestionably smart people and went on to do very well. Our valedictorian out of a class of 200+ got a 35 before going to MIT and getting an engineering degree followed by an MBA from UT-Austin. My brothers and I turned out pretty well also, which is apparently in spite of our high ACT scores according to many on this board.
Regarding anecdotal evidence from people saying the test was meaningless, I would say all the people I went to school with that scored well were unquestionably smart people and went on to do very well. Our valedictorian out of a class of 200+ got a 35 before going to MIT and getting an engineering degree followed by an MBA from UT-Austin. My brothers and I turned out pretty well also, which is apparently in spite of our high ACT scores according to many on this board.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:47 pm to Jet12
Yeah, I didn't get my undergrad until I was 28. I was never really cut out of school as my 2.8 high school gpa demonstrates.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:47 pm to RyseofRome
28+
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:47 pm to RyseofRome
My nephew, who is in 8th grade, made a 30. Schools are coming out of the woodwork trying to talk to him. Already has two full paid scholly's on the table.
This post was edited on 2/17/14 at 8:48 pm
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:48 pm to TigahRag
Well, I don't truly believe that, and I don't know that, just like you don't know who is lying and who isn't.
I choose to pose an angle that have most of these posts being believable. I bet more are true than what you think.
It's a message board. Some people can separate this from real life. I'm not making any decisions on TigerDude69's claimed ACT score. Relax.
eta: And just to repeat myself, "most" is not close to an accurate description of the scores posted here. Less than a handful out of 8 pages it looks like.
I choose to pose an angle that have most of these posts being believable. I bet more are true than what you think.
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f you believe this site is really loaded with 30+ ACT scores, PLEASE send me the address I can send that ocean front property in New Mexico purchase agreement ..
It's a message board. Some people can separate this from real life. I'm not making any decisions on TigerDude69's claimed ACT score. Relax. eta: And just to repeat myself, "most" is not close to an accurate description of the scores posted here. Less than a handful out of 8 pages it looks like.
This post was edited on 2/17/14 at 8:52 pm
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:49 pm to fr33manator
Why aren't you in college right now ? Someone with those scores should fall out of bed and get a degree ..
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:50 pm to TigahRag
i dont even remember what i got. just remember i had to be at some random location at fricking 7:30 on a saturday morning. still got fricked up on friday night. regretted nothing. wound up at a decent school so i suppose i did fine.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:50 pm to AUCE05
Jesus .. Where do you idiots come from ? 
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:50 pm to TigahRag
I have a degree. History with a concentration in secondary education.
I got into the teaching field and became so jaded with the system that it killed any desire I had to teach.
I got into the teaching field and became so jaded with the system that it killed any desire I had to teach.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:51 pm to fr33manator
My 31 got me an eventual History degree as well.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:52 pm to fr33manator
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I made a 31 composite. 35 in English. 33 in either science or social studies. My math brought me down that time.
exact same as me
I always scored in the 30-35 range in English but my math was usually around 26
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:53 pm to colorchangintiger
I have a nephew that took it in 4th grade and got a 31. He graduated college at 13 and is a professor at MIT with tenure at 15.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:54 pm to colorchangintiger
If I could go back and tell myself what to do...break up with any and all long term girlfriends, get your engineering or chemistry degree, go overseas, make connections.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:54 pm to colorchangintiger
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My 31 got me an eventual History degree as well.
My 24 got me a good paying job as a dock worker.
lulz.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:55 pm to Festus
I believe you and just lost millions.
Rag doesn't believe you and just got promoted.
Rag doesn't believe you and just got promoted.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:56 pm to bencoleman
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I took it in 1980. I think it may have been different back then. I made a 28,
I can tell you that if you made a 29 back in 11980, you blew the doors off that test...
there is a hell of a difference between the average score back then and today....
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:56 pm to GRTiger
I would post a picture of his score but I just texted him and he's in bed. Sleeping.
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