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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She has been [b]taking practice tests with composites ranging from 32-34. [/b]We were hoping she would be one and done. She ended up with:

English 35
Math 33
Reading 28
Science 24

Composite 30.

She is really upset. She knew she messed up Reading but Science is the lowest she has ever had. Does she try again or move onto SAT?  We really can’t afford all these tests or submitting them to all the colleges. I had no idea how expensive all this testing gets.[/quote]

Which practice tests did she take? Not all are same. You need to practice using old retired ACT exam tests. [/quote]

Disagree. It has been said here and college confidential many times that the ACT has [b]gotten much harder this year compared to previous years.[/b]  OP was probably taking old tests and got over confident. [/quote]

maybe, maybe not. but the scores are curved each test so it doesn't matter

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How is the test curved? So many questions wrong get you lower scores. It just change. [/quote]

There is no curve, per se. That's an urban legend. However, the tests are "normalized" so that one test is not tougher or easier than another administration of the test. [/quote]

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