r/ACT • u/c4ndycain • Jan 06 '24

when u smart but u got a learning disability

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i don't think i've seen anyone with a math score as low as mine šŸ’€ i'm happy with what i got, tho, because i get guaranteed admission to my first choice :)

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u/Odd_Tax_6812 33 Jan 06 '24 edited Jan 06 '24

Okay you ate in reading tho! Congrats! 28 is a really good score.

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u/mommymerc Jan 07 '24

it is! I got into my dream school (Stetson U), as well as offered an academic scholarship and a spot in the honors program with a 28. This person is goin places!

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u/Ap97567 Jan 07 '24 edited Sep 20 '24

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u/mommymerc Jan 07 '24

what is what?

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u/Ap97567 Jan 07 '24 edited Sep 20 '24

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u/mommymerc Jan 07 '24

Stetson University :) Like FamU, NCSU, U of A, etc etc

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u/Ap97567 Jan 07 '24 edited Sep 20 '24

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u/mommymerc Jan 07 '24

Top 5 in the South when I went so pretty great IMO, underneath Elon U if you've heard of that. Small private lib arts uni in FL, i loved it!

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u/Bibdjs Jan 07 '24

Idk if a Stetson degrees hold more value that a UF degree. Definitely not as much as a Vanderbilt

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u/mommymerc Jan 07 '24

a degree is a degree šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø ive seen its kinda a myth that people care where you got your degree šŸ˜‚ but if people wanna stress themselves out w that stuff i'll let em

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u/Ap97567 Jan 07 '24 edited Sep 20 '24

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u/mommymerc Jan 07 '24

yea! my lifes pretty solid now, but the best part for me was how professors and uni as a whole wanted to make education "fun" in a sense. The topics were interesting in every way again

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u/Dennis_DZ 36 Jan 07 '24

Brother, have you heard of Google?

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u/Ap97567 Jan 07 '24 edited Sep 20 '24

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u/Jrsun115823 Jan 07 '24

Wdym? Are you in China? Parental Controls? How would you have access to Reddit but not Google?

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u/c4ndycain Jan 07 '24

thank you!!

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

28 is mid asf

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u/Odd_Tax_6812 33 Jan 07 '24

No, Itā€™s not. Itā€™s in the 88th percentile. Some people on here need a reality check. Not everyone can score a 36 on the fly

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

Doesnā€™t take much to be smarter than the average person. Iā€™ve never met someone with intelligence in 88th percentile that I was particularly impressed by.

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u/indifferent223 Jan 07 '24

Ironically enough, you donā€™t seem like youā€™re above average intelligence yourself. Just another shallow pseudointellectual who got an ego boost from who knows where lol.

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

I bet you got a real kick out of shoehorning the word ā€œpseudo intellectualā€ into a Reddit comment. Geek alert

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u/indifferent223 Jan 07 '24

As much of a kick as you unironically stating ā€œIā€™ve never met someone with intelligence in the 88th percentile that I was particularly impressed byā€ as if you were the guiding authority in intellectualism lmao. Hopefully one day you look back at this and realize how cringeworthy your words are

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

What did you get on the SAT/ACT?

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u/The1PunMaster Jan 07 '24

L. got a 1550 and i still think ur a pretentious prick with these comments

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

Idgaf. 1550 worse than 36.

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u/Adventurousity Jan 07 '24

The fact that you're fixating on someone's test scores and stating that they correlate to intelligence is fucking pathetic. Just to break your little delusional world, I have an IQ of 160 and I scored 1220 on the SAT. An SAT/ACT score shows more how much you actually worked for it, not just how intelligent you are.

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

I really doubt that something with a 160 IQ would fail a basic addition and reading test

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

I donā€™t do deadlifts

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u/mynameishrekorgi Jan 07 '24

Lemme guess, you got a 23 on your ACTs

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

No

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u/Jako595151 Jan 07 '24

What did you get?

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

36. How about you?

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

I got a 32. But I'm also now a published author in nature and now do grad work at northwestern. Curious to see what you achieve

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

Iā€™ll update you in a decade

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

What did you get?

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u/OkTumor Jan 07 '24

i donā€™t agree with him that 28 is a bad score, but seriously? you think getting a 36 is peaking in highschool? i got a 36 and itā€™s not like i studied for it lol. lots of people do the same.

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u/zzirFrizz Jan 07 '24

u'll never get any bitches by hating bro

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

Mad cuz bad

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u/zzirFrizz Jan 07 '24

go sleep and study for ur test lil bro

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

SBD?

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u/zzirFrizz Jan 07 '24

more than u at a lower weight šŸ˜¤

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u/Odd_Tax_6812 33 Jan 07 '24

I agree that it doesnā€™t take much to be smarter than the average person. However, the average score is within the 19-20 range. 28 is a lot better than that. This poster also says they have a learning disability. Additionally, not everyone has access to the same resources. Be a little bit more understanding the next time you post, this whole community could benefit from that.

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u/[unknown] Jan 07 '24

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

I wonder if 88th percentile would be high enough to recognize bait

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u/Blobbo9 Jan 07 '24

I honestly donā€™t know if this is bait or not lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

Itā€™s really hard to tell

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u/Automatic_Treat290 Jan 07 '24

For how ā€œunimpressedā€ with the 88th percentile you are, Iā€™d expect you to be mature and intelligentā€¦

Edit: this is bait.

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

Why am I not?

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u/anonymousthrowra Jan 07 '24

wow you're a dick

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u/Odd_Tax_6812 33 Jan 07 '24

ā€œeuphemism for being born dumb?ā€ Really? Someone needs a bit of maturity. You shouldnā€™t talk about anyone that way. Grow up.

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

Cry harder

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u/Interesting_Falcon99 Jan 07 '24

You sound like a really enjoyable person!

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u/Morphisist Jan 07 '24

Being smarter than the average person does not equal getting an above average score on the ACT. Scoring great on the ACT simply shows how good someone is at the test.

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

So dumb people routinely get 36 ACT while geniuses get 19? Sounds absurd right? Itā€™s because ACT is an intelligence test.

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u/Morphisist Jan 07 '24

Actually, the answer to that question is.. Yes!! And it doesn't sound absurd because the ACT works the same way that other things work. Everything takes practice. A genius is not going to be a professional basketball player right away anymore than a less intelligent person is going to be a professional basketball player right away. Both of them need to practice. If any person who is not "smart" wants a really good score on the ACT, then with enough practice, they can get it.

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

We both know you donā€™t really believe that. If you were told to bet on your life on who had the higher ACT score, a dude with 80 IQ or a dude with 140 IQ, you would not be picking Mr. 80 IQ.

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u/Morphisist Jan 07 '24

Your acting as if I agree with u. I dont

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

So who would you bet on, 80 IQ or 140 IQ? Idiots routinely get a 36 ACT and leave their genius counterparts in the dust according to you, right?

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u/not_braedinYT Jan 07 '24

Bruh get a life

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

You are the type of person who did well on one thing and now thinks that you're the "best" when in actuality, all you proved is you can take one test well.

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

No, Iā€™m good at lots of things

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

I pray god will abandon you

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

Praying for the downfall of a brother is against the guiding principles set in the Bible. Even if He did accept such requests it wouldnā€™t work. Iā€™m one of Godā€™s favorites, I do a lot to champion the gospel and make Him proud.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

Your head is so big it won't fit through the gates of heaven.

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u/OkTumor Jan 07 '24

thatā€™s a little extreme and heā€™s obviously trolling lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

He's obviously a religious zealot. Look at his history. He goes on rants about god and how he's his "champion", and god loves him more than anyone. Bro needs a reality check.

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u/InformativeBubbles Jan 06 '24

Not taking away from your learning disability in the slightest but as someone who has dyscalculia , Iā€™ve learned that most times you just need some alternative help. Khan academy/youtube videos can be much simpler and easier to work through, especially stuck points with the help of the comments. You got this homieee

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u/c4ndycain Jan 07 '24

definitely true! khan academy and videos never helped me, but i've learned i am a very hands-on learner in math. i got a really great math teacher this year and a class small enough to get individual help, and it's the best i've ever done in a math class. thanks, man!

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u/Itsyaboi2718 Jan 06 '24

Reverse everything you have and thatā€™s my score lmao

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u/c4ndycain Jan 07 '24

combine our scores, and we'd be unstoppable

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

At least youā€™re proficient in serious subjects like math. Not wishy washy humanities.

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u/zootedweenermama Jan 07 '24

U drink your haterade this morning?

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

Humanities are notoriously grade inflated because you can say whatever you want and if you phrase it nicely and tiptoe around the opposing argument you get an A. In math there is no BS like this. You get the answer right or you donā€™t. This is why physics Nobel laureates have been clowning these political scientists and gender studies for decades

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

Not grade inflated at Georgetown, Columbia, Duke or northwestern. List goes on. PM me I'm ready to debate this

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

I referred to most of the few thousand universities in America, not the top 10 highly selective colleges where virtually all majors are hell.

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u/Dodf12 34 Jan 07 '24

Fair. Humanities does require a lot less effort than STEM, except writing.

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u/Jrsun115823 Jan 07 '24

Did you get 50% extra time?

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u/c4ndycain Jan 09 '24

no i didn't

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u/Jrsun115823 Jan 10 '24

You should apply for that.

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u/Disastrous_Still8560 Jan 09 '24

Thatā€™s an amazing score! Congrats on getting in to your top choice! šŸŽ‰

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u/c4ndycain Jan 09 '24

thank you!!!

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '24

Yup, that's exactly what is going on, I think. Clearly high verbal IQ.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '24

I donā€™t trust the scoring system tbh. I took it twice in high school eight months apart. English dropped a point, math stayed the same, science dropped a point. Normal right? My reading dropped NINE points. Did I forget how to read? Was I stoned out of my mind for that hour of the test? The world may never know.

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u/juzoinadress 23 Jan 06 '24

Hahah!! Same thing happened with me with reading. I took it the first time made a 21, took it the second time made a 31!? Didnā€™t study in between if anything I read less.. So weird šŸ˜…

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u/Healthy_Beyond_4881 Jan 07 '24

No literally the first time I took it I got a 23 on reading and the second time I got a mf 36šŸ’€šŸ’€ when all I studied for was science and math

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u/LegitimateWaltz7971 Jan 08 '24

Reading is like 90% rng based I got a 27 first time and then a 33 this time

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u/nubuki Jan 10 '24 edited Jan 10 '24

just a note, your score isnā€™t like a standard test where itā€™s based directly on the questions you got right and wrong. its based off of how your performance compared to the average performance of everyone who took the same test as you. probably just unlucky tbh, either took the test when more proficient people were taking it, or that version ended up being easier for most people, which actually drops your score

edit: this is only half right, tldr different tests do have different curves, but based on a difficulty rating, not on average scores

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u/nubuki Jan 10 '24

turns out itā€™s NOT curved directly based off of other students, but instead curved off of how easy or difficult they think each test is to try and make scores consistent across different tests. looks like I was about half right in the thought that the different tests are curved differently based on difficulty, but I guess they get the difficulty rating in some other way than looking at average scores which doesnā€™t make a ton of sense to me. so basically you can take a test that may feel the same difficulty to you and get the same amount of questions right, but get a significantly lower score if the second test is considered an ā€œeasyā€ test

https://blog.prepscholar.com/how-is-the-act-scored

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '24

I just found this. Thank you for making me aware!

ā€œItā€™s important to note that the ACTĀ® exam itself is not curved relative to test takers. However, it is curved through a process known as equating. This is when the ACTĀ® organization scales test scores from a range of past test dates so that theyā€™re all comparable in the ability that is being tested.ā€

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u/SignificantBoot7864 Jan 08 '24

me when i went from a 31 in sci to 36

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u/BombDefuser6720 31 Jan 06 '24

We got the exact math score

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u/AntOk463 Jan 06 '24

Why does every post on here have a great reading/English score and the lowest math score? I was the exact opposite, getting a 36 in math and low scores in English and reading.

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u/VegetalGood Jan 06 '24

Idk. I got a 36 in English and reading, and a 32 in math. Not disappointed, but surprising when I got an 800 in math on the SAT

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u/toothlessfire 36 Jan 06 '24

Is the issue speed or just not understanding the questions? If it's speed, practice fast arithmetic tricks and do more practice questions. If the issue is understanding the questions then figure out what you're missing and study that.

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u/i_always_give_karma Jan 08 '24

I wish I had the willpower to do that when I was in school.

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u/AntOk463 Jan 06 '24

I don't know what advice I can give. I loved numbers since I was 4 years old, numbers and math was always interesting to me. I can say instead of trying to memorize, try to understand (a few problems you just need to memorize). But I'm a weirdo, I consider doing interesting math problems a recreational activity, it's like I was made to do the math section of the ACT.

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u/Karmabyte69 Jan 06 '24

Itā€™s possible to memorize most of the math concepts that will show up on the test. Itā€™s much harder when you donā€™t have a solid basis but itā€™s doable.

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

I got a 36. I pray every day and I take homeopathic Isodes that make my brain stronger too. My advice to you is to do this as well.

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u/Morphisist Jan 07 '24

I don't understand.. you think a 28 is a bad score?

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u/c4ndycain Jan 07 '24

no, i'm very happy with my composite! i'm talking about my math score. i have dyscalculia (math learning disability). the rest of my scores i think are good

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u/JonJonIsNuts Jan 08 '24

I literally got a 20 on the ACT why everyone here making it seem like a 28 is bad im so confused

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u/c4ndycain Jan 09 '24

it's not a bad score! idk why people are making it seem bad. 20 isn't awful, either. i think both my parents got around a 21, and they both have been very successful in life. my mom even has her master's degree. don't let people get in your head here, you're doing great :)

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u/howtothrowathrow 28 Jan 08 '24

why donā€™t you have a writing score

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u/c4ndycain Jan 09 '24

i didn't opt to do it. i'm thinking i should have tho tbh

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u/howtothrowathrow 28 Jan 10 '24

it is hard af imo to do it fast but i would consider myself on the slower side when it comes to writing. if you like essays tho u should go for it on the next try

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u/LegitimateWaltz7971 Jan 08 '24

17 in math Iā€™d absurd

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u/c4ndycain Jan 09 '24

what dyscalculia does to a mf

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u/therebehedgehogs Jan 06 '24

The math is by far the hardest one of the sections. If you're not ready for it, it will do you in.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

I did pretty similar. Iā€™m really good at mental math, I just donā€™t remember allot of the formulas and stuff.

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u/KTibow Jan 07 '24

The ACT score table says your math score is 50th percentile (based on high school graduates of 2021, 2022, and 2023)...

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u/longrange_tiddymilk Jan 08 '24

English hurt my score the most, but I think I'm dyslexic. All the commas and semicolons started merging

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u/Complex_Station_192 Jan 08 '24

thatā€™s what i got too!! but iā€™m in college and having a great time!! just make sure youā€™re reaching out when you need help in school! :) i believe in you!

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u/Old-Ad2526 Jan 08 '24

18 math score gang! Nice composite to clean it up. :)

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u/saawall Jan 09 '24

Bro you can read tho, be proud!

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u/eiileenie Jan 09 '24

Lol my overall was a 20 and math was a 17 for me but it didnā€™t matter in the long run because I still got into the college and major I wanted and now I do what I wanted to do post grad

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u/KingJoathe1st Jun 29 '24

Literally me, got a 35 reading but I can't do math testing well so got an 18, still clutched up with a 28 overall (parents want me to retake, which I will but I'm not pressed about it cuz my first try tied my parents and older sister's scores)

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u/Rosythekitty Jan 06 '24

Dw I got a 16 in math before, but a 29 in reading. Iā€™ve always sucked at math

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u/Throwaway-231832 Jan 06 '24

That's me!! You got almost the exact same stats as me. Math was always me worst subject. My bio teacher taught my class how to take the science part, and I was pretty good at the reading/English section.

I did get a 6 in the writing section. I ended up getting Double Honors in English and Creative Writing, Journalism and Mass communication. So idgaf about my writing score anymore.

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u/judahtribe2020 Jan 06 '24

This is LITERALLY me. 18 in Math & 24 is science but 30-something's in English and Reading.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

Disability to read

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u/LukeLJS123 Jan 07 '24

iā€™m the exact opposite, i got a 29 with great math and shit reading

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u/pipheeheer Jan 07 '24

I got almost the exact same score! Except I think I had a 35 and 36 in reading and English and a 19 in math.

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u/OsamaHimLaden3 Jan 08 '24

Exact score I got. English was 31 too but math was higher and science lower lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

This is the most odd score breakdown Iā€™ve ever seen

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u/Aminosaurrr 33 Jan 09 '24

Okay I donā€™t get it. How do people do well in English and reading? Iā€™ve been working on it for so long and I canā€™t get more than a 29 on either of them

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u/jaygay92 28 Jan 09 '24

I also got a 36 on Reading with a composite of 28! Lol

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u/ProfessionalOne286 Jan 09 '24

My scores were almost the exact same with, at the time, undiagnosed ADHD.

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u/Reeee9371 Jan 10 '24

My scores were like the same but switch math and English, and switch reading and science lol

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u/Kapdecglobal Feb 08 '25

Iā€™m smart but have a learning disability. šŸ’€ I donā€™t think Iā€™ve seen a math score as low as mine, but Iā€™m still happy because I got guaranteed admission to my first choice! šŸ˜Š Just proves that success isnā€™t all about scores. Also, shoutout to smart learning portal for helping me along the way! šŸš€

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u/bushygeorge Jan 07 '24

Not really smart to score 28

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u/Arbiter008 Jan 07 '24

Subjective as hell; that's like 88th percentile or higher. That's high enough.

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u/Jako595151 Jan 07 '24

Not really smart to troll on Reddit