Current Events > If you took it, what did you get on your ACT and how did it effect your life?

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I got a 19 on mine, the few jobs I've had were in construction.
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I got a 28. Um I heard if I would have scored at least a 30 I would have got a lot more scholarships. Still got a fair amount though. And Pell Grants and whatnot.

Not much beyond that

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33

I'm a dumbass that flunked out of college

I honestly can't remember if I got a 33 or a 31, it was definitely one of the two.

Went to a great college and have a very successful career, so it didn't hurt. I realistically think that I would've been fine regardless of how I did onit, though.
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DarthAragorn posted...

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I'm a dumbass that flunked out of college

I knew a guy in highschool. Got like a 35. Had a full ride to a nice school, can't remember which one anymore. Went into civil engineering. Met his current wife through mutual friends. Throws it all away for her and works at a place that sells hot tubs. It's still one of my most depressing stories related to peeps from highschool. He should be like designing Bridges and shit. Wicked smart dude. Way smarter than me

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Oh and to clarify in case wasn't obvious. He did not finish his degree

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34, got a full scholarship to a state college due to that score + my GPA. I work in an unrelated field tho. Standardized tests are pretty dumb in my opinion, they favor people who come from wealthier socioeconomic classes.
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IIRC I got a 22 on the ACT. Every collage I applied to didn't really care about my ACT score since I went to one of the top high schools in my state

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I'm out here saying 19 hoping some 20 and below people would band together with me ;-;
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I got a 34, and I should have taken my full scholarship to a state school rather than dumping mad $$ into a private university

Also, I studied music in college because at 18 I had delusions of grandeur and wasn't thinking about things like employability

I'm still comfortable making like $40k because I'm in a cheap state and single, but I would be significantly better off if I weren't a dumbass earlier in life
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23 first time, 26 the second. It had no impact since I joined the military later and used the GI Bill to pay for college anyway.
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I can't remember if it was a 31 or 33, but it got me a full scholarship for undergrad
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32
About to be applying to college so let's see bros. Looking to be a music ed major

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Never took it. Only test like that I took was the SAT and I got a 2080
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Ngl I made this topic to make myself feel better but now I feel like shit
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ChrisTaka posted...

Ngl I made this topic to make myself feel better but now I feel like shit

Don't

Like I said I got a high score on the ACT (and the SAT) and I'm a waste of oxygen, it means next to nothing

I forget what I got (I only remember it being ever so slightly above average), and it didnt really matter because I went to community college after high school, then transferred to a state university.
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13, but my parents are wealthy celebrities who bribed me into a top school.
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31

One point short of a full ride scholarship to the school I attended. Otherwise it didn't affect much else.

My highest score was a 36 on English, but I never considered myself very proficient at English as a subject. My lowest score was a 27 in Math, and I ended up majoring in Math.
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I got a 35 (35 English 36 Reading 33 Math 36 Science)

I was only accepted into my state's two flagship public universities, the school I'm going to I was auto accepted because of my GPA.

I got some tuition aid but my family is still paying a lot and I had to take student loans

Another kid at my school was suspended for physical violence and was generally detested. He got into Stanford. You might wager a guess at his parent's income level
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I got an 18 but i do manual labor making good money
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32
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29 was basically enough to get me into the in-state university. Graduated in four years and have been gainfully employed full-time for four more.

Didn't really affect my life because my grades in high school (private college prep school) were so bad that I didn't really expect to go out-of-state school anyways.
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ChrisTaka posted...

Ngl I made this topic to make myself feel better but now I feel like shit

>_>

I think the average ACT for college football players is a 19
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I remember scoring in the low 30s for math and science but my English score was like an 18 and brought my total way down.
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26, helped get me a full ride. Haven't heard of it since.
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PatrickMahomes posted...

29 was basically enough to get me into the in-state university. Graduated in four years and have been gainfully employed full-time for four more.

This except even been working full time for 11
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Got a superscore of 30 after taking it twice (25 Reading, 30 English, 32 Math, 33 Science), got a full ride to my local state university for the first 4 years after getting the maximum amount for both state and college scholarships, and graduated in 5 years with a BSEE.
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I got a 26. I may as well not have taken it, for all the effect it had.
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TableFlip posted...

26, helped get me a full ride. Haven't heard of it since.

Where the fuck
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36

Not much... Other than being able to notice you should have said how did it affect your life :D
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25, got in to uni I wanted, dont like the career I chose though
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CapnMuffin posted...

36

Not much... Other than being able to notice you should have said how did it affect your life :D

Fuck me and fuck the English language.
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Soggy_Pocket posted...

I remember scoring in the low 30s for math and science but my English score was like an 18 and brought my total way down.

I would have got like a 33ish but my math was like a 24 so it brought my average way down. And that is why I studied chemistry instead of chemical engineering. I can do math,but I'm not amazing at it. Calc II was kind of my plateau.

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Also some of the math questions on the ACT are just plain weird. They get almost more into logic than straight math. I didn't have to take any logic courses for my degree so I don't know how I would have done. I didn't have any exposure to that kind of stuff in high school. Also didn't do any formal prep, which probably would have exposed me to it and helped. Oh well i have a decent job.

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I got a 29. Dropped out of community college. I push carts now.

I never would have taken ACT/SAT if I wasn't poor enough to get a free shot at 'em.

32, after reading some of these other posts I realize I should have applied to a lot more scholarships >.>

MordecaiRocks posted...

32, after reading some of these other posts I realize I should have applied to a lot more scholarships >.>

Yeah from what I understand if you broke into the 30s you qualified for a lot

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IIRC I got 18-19 range also. It took me a solid 6 years to get my associates in engineering since I had to start way at the bottom in all my classes. I wish I took school more seriously back then.

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My mind is blown by the fact that so many CEmen got such high scores in reading - but then have terrible reading comprehension when posting on this site. like wuttt?

I got a 27. I had like a 33 or something on math and decent on most other categories, but my reading was only like a 21.

I went to school in upstate NY for creative writing. dropped out. went to community college for sociology. dropped out. went to a trade school for plumbing. got an apprenticeship. quit. went back to community college for dietetic technology - got a degree and now work for the best hospital in my current state. But i'm 33