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04-19-2009, 11:36 AM
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#1 | | Member
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Florida
Posts: 354
| My ACT scores :(
Composite: 23
English: 22
Math: 28
Reading: 17
Science: 24
Writing is not available.
Being valedictorian, having a 4.0 unweighted, I'm trying to get into the University of Florida. I'm a sophomore graduating early. How much are those scores going to have to be brought up?
I don't know how I did so bad on reading. When I took the test, I had mono and strep throat. They were doing construction outside, so I couldn't exactly focus. But yeah, I don't know.
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04-19-2009, 11:45 AM
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#2 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Goleta, CA
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retake it
duh :b
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04-19-2009, 12:10 PM
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#3 | | Member
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ohio
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wait, why are you graduating early?
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04-19-2009, 12:11 PM
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#4 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Rice '13
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You did pretty bad overall, for a valedictorian. What kind of backwater school are you going to? (no offense)
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04-19-2009, 12:15 PM
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#5 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Buy a prep book and review. Being sick does have something to do with it (I was so sick the first time I took it and did horribly) but you really should work through a prep book to review what you need to work on.
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04-19-2009, 12:32 PM
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#6 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
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I got a 24 my first time. Two tries later I got 28.
Just retake it.
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04-19-2009, 12:44 PM
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#7 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: St.Paul,MN
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don't feel bad. I got a 17 on my PLAN--but that was really b/c I didn't take it seriously & I wasn't feeling well either.
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04-19-2009, 12:55 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: --->Penn '13
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my friend went from a 23 to a 30. A lot of it is just timing. Good luck!
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04-19-2009, 01:52 PM
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#9 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
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You should prep using the Princeton Review book. Its really great. I used it, only for a week, and i got a 29 my first time. Works well, has two sample test, and is easy enough to look over.
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04-19-2009, 02:00 PM
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#10 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Phillips Academy '11
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No offense, but you're Valedictorian with an ACT of 23?
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04-19-2009, 02:11 PM
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#11 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Goleta, CA
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^heh...somebody once told me that the difference between a good and bad day on the ACT is about 10 pts
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04-19-2009, 02:12 PM
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#12 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Retake it. The minimum required for the reading section of the ACT for UF is an 18. You have no chance unless you at least meet the minimum requirements.
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04-19-2009, 02:43 PM
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#13 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Don't fret. Maybe the ACTs aren't your thing. Try the SAT usually people are good at one or the other.
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04-19-2009, 04:13 PM
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#14 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Reading: 17
Wut. The. F***.
No offense.
Reading is easily the easiest ACT.
My highest score was by far the Reading. 35.
Just read and answer the questions?
Get some prep going.
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04-19-2009, 04:15 PM
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#15 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: FL
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If you go to a public school, those scores are definitely believable. Florida schools suck. We spend 3/4 of the year learning FCAT, which is just basic math and reading.
But try to study again and retake it. Or take the SAT. Get some practice books and hang out in the ACT section to review answers and why you were wrong.
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