This past weekend I took the September ACT. It brought upon a lot of stress and emotion to my life because I have so many mixed feelings and opinions on standardized testing. I was constantly thinking about Saturday's test all last week because I wanted to perform my absolute best. I wanted to flip through notes and review, but at the same time I knew that the ACT is completely unpredictable and no matter what I did I had no way of knowing the questions that were going to be asked. When I woke up on Saturday morning I was feeling very anxious, but I was luckily energized and excited to get the test over with. I went in feeling pretty confident, and when I came out, I felt relieved and OK. I hope that I did as well as I wanted to, but I will not know for sure until next week or so. The ACT has always gotten to my head and I let it determine my intelligence when the truth is it does not. Everybody is a different test taker, and some are better than others. I struggle with being timed on tests because I feel pressured and end up performing worse. However, the ACT comes naturally to some people and they do not have to work as hard at it. I know that at the end of the day, ACT scores do not matter and should not be used to compare others.
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