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Holy shit that's terrible. This isn't a flex it's just to show how awful this is. I got a 26 overall which was fine. I fucking bombed the math portion with an 18 thanks to undiagnosed ADHD and Dyscalculia.
I struggled to get into colleges that could actually help me find a career after school with a 26, in fact I never did make it. I went to a small local school. I'm not a crazy smart person I'd consider myself very average. I paid enough attention in school to not have to crack a book at home, I did my homework in class or study hall, I crashed for the finals, and then I got out of there as soon as possible. I still got 7 points higher without ever cracking an ACT prep book or even studying. How... HOW has it come to this? How is it this fucking low? It's not even enough to get into most colleges is it?
I'm interested to know if the number of students taking the test has remained the same. If that number is dropping, it may skew the scores and tell a different tale.
I would expect it to be higher if that's the case. The ones that wouldn't take it would probably be the ones not planning on going to college.
Could also be changes in what colleges are looking for. None of the colleges around me used ACT scores when I graduated, I only took the SAT.
Most colleges took both when I graduated, although they seem to prefer the SAT, which was the more popular of the two. I took both and found the ACT to be the easier of the two.