What does a 36 on the Reading section mean to colleges?

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<p>It seems to me (from reading various posts on this board) that reading tends to be the least important/telling section. Please correct me!</p>

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<p>it means that you are rather good at reading</p>

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<p>it means you have endurance.</p>

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<p>=P It’s good. What is your composite?</p>

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<p>Urgh…31. I’m not a math person, so the math section brought down my score considerably.</p>

<p>I have no idea what the reading section even covers, so that’s why I posted this. Does a 36 on the reading mean I’m good at analyzing/interpreting? Or just good ol’ reading?</p>

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<p>It means you are good at reading quickly and analyzing what you read.</p>

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<p>reading is the easiest section to get 36 on…
2% of test takers score 36 on reading compared to les than 1% in the other areas. Your composite score is the only thing that colleges really look at for the ACT.</p>

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<p>I think reaidng is the hardest lol</p>

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<p>Reading, i think, is the easiest. Well, compared to SAT reading passages it is, lol.</p>

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<p>I got a 30 on reading … O_o</p>

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<p>i got a 28 :(</p>

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<p>I also got a 36 reading and 31 composite. I was rather surprised at the 36. Does this mean I got all the questions correct or rather one or two wrong?</p>

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<p>In the Real ACT Prep book, on the first test you can miss 1 and still receive a 36… so its possible that you either got them all correct, or missed one… or if the section was really hard the curve may have been two…</p>

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<p>changes from test to test.
very rarely they give you a 1 question buffer.</p>

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<p>I got a 35 reading and 35 English - 32 composite, got a 29 on math and 28 on science haha</p>

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<p>Actually, a 1 question buffer on the reading section is almost the norm. Very rarely do you have to get every question right in that section to score a 36. On occasions, I think people have gotten a 36 with 2 questions wrong as well.</p>

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<p>I’m blaming my non-36 on the fact that my thinking is too complex for ACT Inc. and that I can in fact justify multiple answers. Do you think colleges will buy that?</p>

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<p>how much are you selling it for?</p>

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<p>I got screwed. I got only two wrong on teh reading and got a 34 :frowning: </p>

<p>I went froma 29 to 34 on reading
english went 28 to 30
math went 26 to 25
science went 28 to 25</p>

<p>Bad luck. Hope the SAT is better now with extra time.</p>

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<p>34 in reading…</p>