I’m studying for the ACT through Excel Test Prep. The first time I took a practice ACT, I got a 32. The second time, I got a 33. The third time, I got a 28, with an abysmal 23 on the science section! :(( Honestly, the science section screws me over so much.
@photogeek 32/33/28 is a good score! I hope to get a 32 or 33 by my first time! My sister scored a 32 on her second ACT
@ambers58 I really don’t know yet. I’ve only had 2 lessons so far.
@photogeek How did you do so well? I got a 27 and am trying to raise my score to 34 or more
@candylover2015 Thanks! My dad keeps telling me that I can’t mess up, that I HAVE to get a 35 or 36.
@tigerman333 I had already studied for the SAT for two years, so I applied what I learned to the ACT. There are definitely some parallels in the sections of both tests, especially math, but science is a completely new topic that just makes me so flustered.
@ambers58 @Frigidcold
I’m terribly sorry for replying like what-a week later!!! (I’ve been packing and stuff for family trips) but anywho, thank you two for giving me such helpful insights. I’ll keep them in mind. Maybe I’ll co-start HOSA with another person or two because I (recently) heard someone else wanted to start a Future Physician Club at my school. Hopefully we can merge together so there won’t be any club competitions haha…
My school is a public highschool but we are fortunate enough to be ranked in the top 5 in our state. My school may not be as good as schools you attend but we send at least one fifth of our seniors each year to Ivy League schools or other top colleges. Though a majority of us prefers to stay instate (UW, Seattle U, WSU…) but I rather go out of state to the East Coast 
#sometimesyoujusthavetogetaway.
I’m going on a cruise for a week so I’ll be back next Saturday. Anyone else going on vacation this summer?
@dsi411 I’m going to India for two weeks. I’m probably going to hide in a room and do my summer homework the whole time.
@dsi411 I’m going to the Philippines on Monday and I won’t be back on July 17. I’ll be finding out my AP results there. 
My extracurriculars this year are MESA, Academic Decathlon, Key Club, CSF, and hopefully if I get in, NHS. I might join Mathletes, too. I don’t have any leadership positions, unless you consider being a math tutor in MESA one. I wanted to become head of the math tutoring department but I ended up not signing up because there was this other student whom I thought was more fit for the position and was running for it, but I found out she didn’t and the position went to this one student who barely even tutored anyone. /
He probably would have never even found out that you could tutor for the position until I told about it, because I was really friendly with him at the beginning of the year and I wanted to provide him good service opportunities for school since he was only a freshman.
I wish I had Model UN in my school though. It sounds really interesting and I always planned on joining it but our school doesn’t have it anymore because the teacher who advises it retired.
My extracurriculars include Model UN, running a literary magazine at the middle school, biotech club (I’ll be secretary next year!), and colorguard/winterguard. I also am part of the city marching band and am a math/science tutor for elementary school kids who are doing math/science competitions. I’ll also be on the school’s Link Crew next year. Next year, I might try out for Science Bowl again (I need to decide in two hours, actually), join the staff of our school’s literary magazine, and join CSF (I planned to this year, but I couldn’t find a copy of my freshman year report card quickly enough). I’m also going to start either a Geology or Ethics & Philosophy club.
I’m self-studying the old SAT as well as the new PSAT. Right now I score around a 750 on CR and math, with a much lower writing score because my essays need improvement. I also often find that SAT writing multiple choice questions either have multiple correct answers or no correct answers.
@ambers58 I’m doing practice tests and there is a site called testive.com where you can do practice problems and they have really good explanations!
On a side note, Gail Collins (a New York Times writer) is my new favorite person. She is the queen of sass.
@photogeek8 I think what you wrote there pretty much sums up what people think about CC users.
Hey guys! It seems like a lot of you are taking the old SAT.
How many schools did you select to send your scores to? All the ones you plan on applying to or did you just pick 4 and decide to send the scores to the other colleges closer to your application?
I have not sent any of my scores until I make a finalized list for colleges. I suppose I should have, but I’m retaking the ACT so it shouldn’t really make a difference.
See, my college list includes 8 schools that I’m 90% sure I want to apply to. So I don’t know why I shouldn’t send it to all of them to save some time, but at the same time, what if I retake? I know that colleges use your best SAT or ACT score, but I’m still slightly confused on what I should do. I hate that College Board only lets you send scores to four for free.
@MissSuzyQ I also hate that I can’t send the four for free after I take the test and look at my scores. Like honestly, I should be able to send the free four after the test and not before.
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So what are your thoughts on the SCOTUS ruling gay marriage legal in all 50 states. I personally think its great
I think it’s amazing! My Facebook feed has been filled with rainbow stuff, actually. All my friends are rainbow-fying their profile pictures, and I’m debating on whether I should do the same.