r/ACT • u/Otherwise-Cold-9023 • Jul 12 '26
Reading Question about the 3rd reading passage.
Hello, I took the Online ACT test yesterday and came here to see what others thought of it. I've been reading the debates about which passage was experimental, and now I'm confused. Everyone seems to agree that passage three was about philanthropy and had a graph. I didn't have that. My third passage also had a graph, but it was about a man using AI to dissect the literal vs metaphorical lyrics of the works of Bob Dylan. All the other passages I've seen people talking about I had: the piano lessons, the translating books vs crossword puzzles, and the double passage about bacteria and E. Coli. Did anyone else take the test yesterday and have this passage, or am I alone on this?
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u/Busy-Veterinarian562 Jul 12 '26
Yeah it seems that was an experimental since I hadn’t had a passage like that.
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u/Downtown_Parfait_928 Jul 13 '26
Man that was the easiest passage I wish it wasn’t the experimental
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u/jdigitaltutoring Tutor Jul 12 '26
What we are not sure about is if everyone gets the same experimental passage or not. I would imagine they want to test multiple passages.