Thoughts on Taking the ACT
- English
- Compared to the SAT, I didn’t feel confident while solving the questions.
- Well, maybe it’s because it was my first time?
- Causes of mistakes
- Result: 56/75
- I didn’t feel a strong bias towards the types of questions I got wrong.
- Compared to the SAT, I didn’t feel confident while solving the questions.
- Math
- It was harder than the SAT and had more questions.
- If I had approached it with the mindset of the SAT, I would have been in trouble because I was running out of time.
- I didn’t know things like converting feet to yards.
- Matrices came up, but I didn’t know about them.
- (rickshinmi) I thought the SAT was better because of this.
- Well, it might be worth studying since it doesn’t seem too difficult. (blu3mo)
- (rickshinmi) I thought the SAT was better because of this.
- Vectors came up, but I didn’t know about them.
- Result: 52/60
- My brain wasn’t fully functioning after pulling an all-nighter two days ago.
- I noticed some issues, like not being able to do mental calculations for 7x7.
- Reading
- Result: 23/40
- I couldn’t solve a whole big question at the end.
- Despite having more questions than the SAT, I didn’t find it easier.
- I didn’t feel a strong bias towards the types of questions I got wrong.
- Result: 23/40
- Science
- Result: 38/40
- It seems like I can aim for a perfect score if I concentrate.
- It’s like SAT Math.
- Result: 38/40
- Overall
- (25+31+22+33)/4=28
- Equivalent to SAT scores
- act.org 1310
- princeton review 1320
- Impressions
- It’s much lower than my first SAT score, and I didn’t feel like I was better at the ACT than the SAT.
- Maybe I can just skip the ACT.
- It’s much lower than my first SAT score, and I didn’t feel like I was better at the ACT than the SAT.