<p>I’m glad my comments were useful – let me just clarify a little bit what I meant because I don’t think I expressed myself clearly enough.</p>
<p>Maybe you’re not so great at multiple choice tests. Your brain is wired a little differently and it’s just not the best at that. The point is that you don’t need to explain that when you tell people what the score was. Just say “I got a 35 on the math ACT” and there’s no need to mention the pre-algebra question. That counts as an excuse or at least some kind of silliness in my book. A 35 is good enough that it requires no further comment whatsoever, and trying to explain the extra point makes it seem like you are unable to put a trivial failure in perspective. </p>
<p>All I’m saying is, try to develop the kind of mentality where a 35 on the test (or even a 670 on the math SAT!) is fine from your perspective and you can move on in life without pointing out that it was the pre-algebra question that got you or the multiple choice format. The accomplishments that will characterize your life don’t have anything to do with such trivia, and it’s completely baffling why you’d waste any of your time contemplating it.</p>