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Topic: I got a 26 on my ACT's
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Posted by ic0n0 on Apr. 28 2001,15:45

There is a god and he loves me I got a 26 on my ACT's!!!! That balances my 2.4 high school GPA to make me look good YEAH!!!!
THANK THE LORD!

What did most detnet'ers get?

Note: I was an atheist until I got my scores back

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Posted by askheaves on Apr. 28 2001,15:57

I got a 27, so that means I'm a better person than you.

I'm not real proud of that score, as I screwed up the verbal section royally, and I wouldn't make the same timing mistake twice.

The SATs and SAT-IIs are where I r0X0r3d.

Posted by kai on Apr. 28 2001,16:21

i too got a 26. not that it really matters. my friend got into college with an 18 so i'm not really worried.

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Posted by Blain on Apr. 28 2001,16:42

I got a 26. I screwed up a little bit on the verbal section ( I got a 22) so my score could have been a higher.

I know someone who got a 34. I wanted to hit him with a 2X4.

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Posted by Frosty on Apr. 28 2001,18:28

The SAT is still around, but less schools are using it for some reason...our school lets you take both. It kinda depends on the region. If someone can find an equivalency chart for ACT to SAT scores, please, post it up here.

Posted by Sithiee on Apr. 28 2001,18:55

SAT is big over here, ive heard ACT is used more on west coast, and SAT more on east coast...anyway, i havent taken the ACT, and i dont know what i would get on it, but i got a 690 on verbal and 760 on math for sat, combined 1450. in sat 2, math 2c 710(i think, that or 700) 600 on physics (that was with me only knowing newtonion physics, and this covers E&M also), and a 580 on writing. i consider the 580 on writing lucky, and im sure after all you have read all my posts youll be amazed too.

Posted by askheaves on Apr. 28 2001,19:15

A 36 on the ACT is equivalent to a 1600 on the SAT. A 0 on the ACT is equivalent to a 400 on the SAT.

Posted by DjSokol on Apr. 28 2001,19:58

ACT is more of a mid-US test. 26 is shitty

I'm going to michigan with my 36! hehe

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Posted by kai on Apr. 28 2001,20:41

so DJ your telling me you got a perfect score on the ACT'S. my friend who is an absolute genious got a 35. and you're only going to michigan with that. oh yeah, and how is a 26 shitty.

p.s. fuck you

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Posted by Frosty on Apr. 28 2001,20:42

quote:
Originally posted by DjSokol:
ACT is more of a mid-US test. 26 is shitty
I'm going to michigan with my 36! hehe

Can't be too bad, 21 is average :-P

Posted by ic0n0 on Apr. 28 2001,23:41

i live in the midwest and all the state schools around the area (Il, MN, MI, WI, IO, IN,...) use it more than the sat. and 26 is in the 86\% percentile of everyone who took it so it is damn good.

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Posted by Cyrino on Apr. 28 2001,23:51

I live in Canada and don't have to take those to get into College/Uni.

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Posted by Rhydant on Apr. 29 2001,02:11

isnt there a '13th' grade in canada?
my friend (who lives in canada) said that one day... but i think he was messing with my head... again.

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Posted by Frosty on Apr. 29 2001,05:28

My composite was a 28...I feel i could've done better, since i took the test two weeks after school had gotten out so i didn't do so hot on the math portion. I'd take it over again but the problem would just be worse since I didn't take a math class this year and don't remember jack. :-\

Posted by Rhydant on Apr. 29 2001,05:33

whats a ACT? im a sophmore,damnit! i dont know these things!

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Posted by whiskey@throttle on Apr. 29 2001,05:42

ACT? Who the fuck takes that shit?

When I graduated it was only the SAT and SATII. I don't think anyone (in the entire district) took the ACT.

Is this what everyone does these days?

Posted by masher on Apr. 29 2001,08:13

HELLLLOOOOOO........

/waves hand

Whats an ACT?

Where I come from, its the Australian Capital Territory. I'm gathering that its different where you are...

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Posted by Bozeman on Apr. 29 2001,10:41

32 composite. Got me into Michigan state. I got a calc final today, wish me luck.

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Posted by ic0n0 on Apr. 29 2001,10:44

Masher: The SAT and ACT are american standardized tests we have to take to get into some schools when taken in account with overall grade point avg in high school it will determine what schools you can get into.

Posted by Dark Knight Bob on Apr. 29 2001,11:25

well i got a B in physics A-level so you can all kiss my ass cos the only reason i didnt get an A was cos i fucked up my practical and got a D in that. but when in real life do you need to measure the harmonic motion of a pendulem in just an hour and then do some horrendous derivative of it.

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Posted by ASCIIMan on Apr. 29 2001,11:57

Ummm... I give up...

When do you need to measure the harmonic motion of a pendulem in just an hour and then do some horrendous derivative of it???

Posted by Dark Knight Bob on Apr. 29 2001,12:00

oh sorry me being stupid again. that was what half of my practical exam involved me having to do

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Posted by Chrissy on Apr. 29 2001,12:26

Wait until you people have to get into grad school-
more fun standardized tests that will determine your future.
Im done with that (for now- in three years I get to take the NYS Bar exam which was failed by JFKjr three times I think- something to look forward to)
I cant even remember what I got on my SAT's and I know I didnt take the ACTs cause I thought one standardized test was enough. I got into the college I wanted to go to- and the law school I wanted so it really means nothing to me. They dont measure intelligence I hope you know---

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Posted by fire_502 on Apr. 29 2001,12:28

quote:
Originally posted by Bozeman:
32 composite. Got me into Michigan state. I got a calc final today, wish me luck.

wow. 32 is impressive, but hardley necessary for state.

i got a 29 on my ACT. eventhough i only got a 3 on the AP English test, that part of my ACT was enough to get me into the advanced English here at tech so i only had to take one class instead of 3.

Posted by Rhydant on Apr. 29 2001,13:00

you got a 3 in english compisition?
HAHAHAHA!
er... thats funny, right?

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Posted by fire_502 on Apr. 29 2001,13:09

i suppose it's funny...only because i wasted a whole year in a really hard english class where the teacher hated me because i couldn't understand poetry. the other english classes at my highschool were a joke. you need a 4 or a 5 to get any credit at most colleges and universities, and my 3 didn't cut it. but i made up for it on the ACT english part. i think i just wasn't prepared because i usually do very well on the language parts of standardized test. anyway, i also took AP biology and i got a 4 on that one...

Posted by Nene on Apr. 29 2001,16:55

I took the act long ago. I remember getting 33 on reading and 27 science reasoning, 32 for spelling or whatever the category is...and i do remember the 30 composite. My math destroyed me. I got a 25 or something like that. Its been so long.

Anyone ever take the PPST? Its theoretically at an 8th grade level, but the moron education students around here seem to fail it left and right. Seriously. Don't EVER take your children to Vegas for their education.

I'm just wondering if it is really that hard of a test.

Wading through the chronically stupid,

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Posted by Cyrino on Apr. 29 2001,19:01

Rhydant, in Ontario, there are OACs (which stands for Ontario Academic Credit I think, it's basically grade 13 but the government is taking them away, the kids in grade 10 right now won't have them) and you need 6 of them (including english) to get into universty. To get into college, you don't need OACs, but it really helps.
I don't know what all goes down in the other provinces tho.

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Posted by z3r0 c00l on Apr. 30 2001,00:24

I just got my results back today...23. Not to bad. I know i can do better. I screwed up the english section..19(ouch). oh well i'll try harder next time.

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Posted by Bozeman on Apr. 30 2001,11:28

quote:
Originally posted by fire_502:
wow. 32 is impressive, but hardley necessary for state.

I kinda needed a 32 for state. My high school GPA sucked. I didn't do well my junior year. Don't ask, it just get me all angst-ridden and depressed.

On a more positive note, I think I didn't fuck up my calc final. *waves finger in the air*

Now, let's play rap at extremely high volume levels at 3 A.M. to celebrate! Oh wait, everyone else in my hall thought of that already. Oh well.

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Posted by DjSokol on Apr. 30 2001,21:51

quote:
Originally posted by Frosty:
Can't be too bad, 21 is average :-P

in a country filled with idiots... think about it

average means SHIT

quote:
Originally posted by the guy above him:
so DJ your telling me you got a perfect score on the ACT'S. my friend who is an absolute genious got a 35. and you're only going to michigan with that. oh yeah, and how is a 26 shitty.

well fuck you too buddy.
1 ) iwas being sarcastic. i haven't taken the act yet, and i will probably get around a 30.
2 ) i like michigan.

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Posted by Sithiee on Apr. 30 2001,23:28

they define whats average every time. like on sats, they make sure average is 1000, even if it means some peoples scores get lowered. that way they can say that the average person will always score 1000

Posted by Prometheus on May 01 2001,04:03

quote:
Originally posted by ic0n0:
i live in the midwest and all the state schools around the area (Il, MN, MI, WI, IO, IN,...) use it more than the sat. and 26 is in the 86\% percentile of everyone who took it so it is damn good.

IO?? Where's that? Iowa? Hah! That's IA, for you poor, uninformed non-Iowans.

I got a 32 on the ACTs, a 780 Verbal SAT and a 670 (I think...) Math. Which is strange, since I want to program... but how many of us remember geometry? Honestly... why don't they ask about derivatives and integrals? Something fresh in my mind...

I agree with syf0n -- garbage.

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Posted by CatKnight on May 01 2001,07:34

ACT sounds like a redneck test. "American COllege Test". haw. I like the sound of "Scholastic Achievement Test" better.

Posted by ic0n0 on May 01 2001,11:02

The ACT is on a curve, which is the way it is supposed to because you are rated against the other people who took the test. If the ACT people were to set some arbitrary numbers and told people that they meant something like 30 is genius and 18 is loser it wouldn’t mean anything because the numbers wouldn’t be set by an average of all the scores. The way it works now is that the total scores are added up and divided by the number of people who took the test thus creating an average so you know where you fall in comparison to other people so collages know who is the most intelligent.

On another note I would like to see some scientific evidence that Americans are less intelligent than the rest of world, real evidence not an opinion >EVIDENSE< I am sick of people claming (based on ignorance and stereotypes) that Americans are stupid, I think that is bullshit; Americans are just as dumb as everyone else. The truth is MOST people are stupid regardless of nationality that is an opinion so let no one claim I am being hypocritical.

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Posted by G-PRIME on May 01 2001,17:17

Standardized testing can kiss my ass.

ACT 24 first time, 26 second time
SAT 650 math, 640 verbal

this week i (being a high school senior) get to sleep in an extra 2 hours while the lower classes have to take state tests. Thank god for standardized testing.

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Posted by DjSokol on May 01 2001,23:09

quote:
Originally posted by CatKnight:
ACT sounds like a redneck test. "American COllege Test". haw. I like the sound of "Scholastic Achievement Test" better.

ahem... i do believe that it is Stanford

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Posted by DjSokol on May 01 2001,23:11

quote:
Originally posted by ic0n0:
The ACT is on a curve, which is the way it is supposed to because you are rated against the other people who took the test. If the ACT people were to set some arbitrary numbers and told people that they meant something like 30 is genius and 18 is loser it wouldn’t mean anything because the numbers wouldn’t be set by an average of all the scores. The way it works now is that the total scores are added up and divided by the number of people who took the test thus creating an average so you know where you fall in comparison to other people so collages know who is the most intelligent.
On another note I would like to see some scientific evidence that Americans are less intelligent than the rest of world, real evidence not an opinion >EVIDENSE< I am sick of people claming (based on ignorance and stereotypes) that Americans are stupid, I think that is bullshit; Americans are just as dumb as everyone else. The truth is MOST people are stupid regardless of nationality that is an opinion so let no one claim I am being hypocritical.

I'm not saying americans are stupid. I'm saying americans are less educated. If you do not notice a difference, you are obviously the prior of the two.

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Posted by PlaztikPTZ on May 01 2001,23:45

quote:
Originally posted by ic0n0:

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On another note I would like to see some scientific evidence that Americans are less intelligent than the rest of world, real evidence not an opinion >EVIDENSE< I am sick of people claming (based on ignorance and stereotypes) that Americans are stupid, I think that is bullshit; Americans are just as dumb as everyone else. The truth is MOST people are stupid regardless of nationality that is an opinion so let no one claim I am being hypocritical.

I don't think Americans in general are stupid, but there's so much more ability for the stupid to survive in the US. We have ample food(comparatively with other, less developed countries), available jobs(again, comparatively), and plenty of room and cleanliness. We're just so much better off the Darwinian theory can't really come into play.

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Posted by Frosty on May 02 2001,05:02

We americans do score lower on standardized tests than a lot of other countries. Not that I have those numbers, but...

Posted by ic0n0 on May 02 2001,11:25

quote:
Originally posted by DjSokol:
If you do not notice a difference, you are obviously the prior of the two.

I do see the difference, but how is Accusing me of being stupid proving your point? Why do people go right to the lowest common denominator of class to prove their points?

I would like see to another nation with 283 million people (note: the U.S.A is the 3rd most populous nation on earth) do better in terms of education for the masses than the states. I agree that in general Americans aren’t as educated as they should be but you really can’t judge someone based on their education that isn’t fair.

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Posted by Anubis[GP] on May 05 2001,17:45

I'm weird. I got a 1260 on the SAT (630 in both parts), but I got a 33 on the ACT D:

Anubis

Posted by Prometheus on May 06 2001,01:48

I'd say that we have one of the highest levels of general education in the world, percentage-wise. It's the specialist parts that'll getcha.

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Posted by SaxMaster on May 13 2001,02:08

I got a 31 composite and a 36 Verbal, cant remember math

but it sucked. I'm jealous of one of my good friends (now at harvard) who got a 36 ACT and 1600 SAT, one of i think 4 in the country who did that last year.

Posted by masher on May 15 2001,11:48

quote:
Originally posted by ic0n0:
On another note I would like to see some scientific evidence that Americans are less intelligent than the rest of world, real evidence not an opinion >EVIDENSE<

mmmm misspelling 'evidence' 15 words after you spelt it correctly.

quote:
Originally posted by Prometheus:
I'd say that we have one of the highest levels of general education in the world, percentage-wise. It's the specialist parts that'll getcha.

Yeah. Like 'Where is any country in the world besides the US?'

mmm. Oh yes, and the Kansas decision not to teach evolution.

Other than petty little things like that, its ok.

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Posted by Wolfguard on May 15 2001,12:35

If we are so stupid why is it that the rest of the world rips off the stuff we invent? There is an entire industry in Japan that exists just because they do not reconize american patents.

Who is it that people call saying "Some asshole just invaded us and we cant kick him out." I am thinking if we were lazy we would just say "Well i guess your screwed then."

Just remember one thing, we invented nukes and have used them twice in anger. Im thinking it may be time to get pissed off again.

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Posted by ic0n0 on May 15 2001,18:31

Grades 1 though 12 are mediocre in terms of education in public schools, but American colleges are some of the best in the world. Why else would more than 5\% of all students attending collage in the U.S be foreign nationals. Because american University's are on the top of the list in terms of education.

Note: My spelling does suck. That is not because of a lack of education, rather it is because of a learning disability. I try to spell check all my writings but some times I forget to do that :P

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This message has been edited by ic0n0 on May 16, 2001 at 01:34 PM