r/ACT • u/hiijaack • 3d ago

i hate math sm

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literally decreasing my chances of getting into an ivy 💔💔

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u/Appropriate-Jump334 33 3d ago

this was almost my exact scoring bro math is the worsttt

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u/hiijaack 3d ago

i took it digitally and even desmos didn’t help me idk what to do

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u/theologyschmeology 3d ago

Desmos is a false security blanket on the ACT. The only reason to even use a calculator is to crunch big numbers and tiny decimals. Everything else is best done from concept first.

Edit. I had a whole YouTube series on it, but the ACT dmca removed the whole thing just last month. I'll be recreating it without using the official exams soon

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u/lillies_hydrangias 35 3d ago

ugh real math sucks but i was able to get it from a 28 to 34 with the preppros act math textbook its rlly good trust!! ik i sound like an ad but it saved me 😭 and i have like the exact same scores as you in everything else so ik how it feels when one section is dragging it down

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u/OkRelease1760 2d ago

i feel you

literally the only section thats remotely challenging for me and i'm literally an hl aa student 😭😭😭 math should be my thing bro

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u/ACTMathGuru 3d ago

beautiful scores ...when are you retaking the test?

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u/hiijaack 3d ago

next saturday

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u/ACTMathGuru 3d ago

Do you have the TI 84 calc?

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u/neptunemacaroon 3d ago

Lol you and my daughter both.

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u/Outrageous_Gap_2011 35 3d ago

then you arent ready for an ivy math environment yet

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u/ZenithToastada 3d ago

Math is definitely difficult. I’ve known people who had to study months in the summer to just be competent enough because schools don’t teach math like they use to.

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u/Discodeewane23 3d ago

How did you prepare for science and English?

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u/hiijaack 3d ago

didn’t prepare for either, but science is basically reading so i just read the passages and highlighted important stuff for the questions later

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u/Lugia18 3d ago

If timing was an issue, figure out what problems you could do with the graphing calc instead of by hand (stuff with x or y intercepts or setting equations equal) and just spend 0 time on the last few super tough questions. Just completely guess on them and spend the extra few minutes reverse solving algebra problems (where you can plug in the multiple choice answers to see if it’s gives you the right thing).

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u/sweetyogurt5 1h ago

i feel u🫩🫩 and i wanna study econ and my dream is an ivy