The ACT frustrates me so much. Why would anyone ever believe that your potential for success in college could be predicted by a stupid multiple choice test? Everyone is different, not every student can conform to the way the ACT measures success. And then there's the way everyone instantly judges each other based on scores. Most high school kids hate the ACT, know it's worthless, and yet still act like the scores are a be-all, end-all measure of intelligence. I'm sick of hearing people brag about, "I know someone who got a 35!" Well whoop-de-doo! Congrats on achieving absolutely nothing.
Except... scholarship money. And here is another reason why the ACT is frustrating. I got accepted into a college that gives automatic scholarships based solely on ACT scores. If I would've scored just
one point higher, I could've had double the scholarship I can get now. One more point on a meaningless test = an additional $7500 per year. How does that make sense...?
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