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Generally Speaking => Power On => Topic started by: Lotos on October 20, 2007, 09:12:23 AM

Title: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: Lotos on October 20, 2007, 09:12:23 AM
I think it helps decide what career path you should take.  I really needed to take it :P  There were over 100 multiple choice questions of math, english, science, and reading.  Thye alotted a certain amount of time to each one.  Apparantly not enough, as I did not finish the last three subject groups, and like a state test, you couldn't go back to answer the missed questions  :|

Yeah, that was a boring three hours.  It even cost me (well my parents, I wouldn't have payed for it myself) $10, and cost me some sleep.  I hope I get good results...   :(
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: Commander Awesome on October 20, 2007, 09:13:26 AM
I remember taking it, and finding it rather easy.
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: sleepin_dude_99 on October 20, 2007, 09:14:16 AM
Yeah, I took that.

Told me I should be in freaking law enforcement.

I hate guns and arguing, what the hell? >_>
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: Ivan_the_Great on October 20, 2007, 09:16:22 AM
I lothe the PLAN test.
I perfer the PSAT.
I just took it like an hour ago.
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: Trini on October 20, 2007, 09:50:34 AM
Quote from: Ivan_the_Great on October 20, 2007, 09:16:22 AM
I lothe the PLAN test.
I perfer the PSAT.
I just took it like an hour ago.
I took the PSAT on Wednesday. *High fives*
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: PsychoYoshi on October 20, 2007, 12:12:19 PM
PLAN is easy, but you should think of it as "ACT Lite". The formatting of the test is exactly the same as the ACT, but the questions are sophomore-level instead of junior-level, and there are less questions on PLAN than there are on ACT.

You can add 4 to your PLAN score; that's a good estimation of what you'll get on the ACT assuming you make 'average' academic progress between this year and next year.

And don't worry about the career test, it's a load of crap.

Finally, having taken both the SAT and ACT, I can definitively say that the ACT is easier. There's no guessing penalty on the ACT, the English section is laughably easy (the trade-off is a slightly harder Reading). Math is tough to compare...ACT likes applied math more, while SAT likes straight-from-the-book type questions more. And Science Reasoning is a joke; it's just an excuse to boost your composite score if you know how to read graphs. It tries to psyche you out with a bunch of crazy-looking science terms, but all you need to do is look at the pictures.
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 12:14:53 PM
Quote from: Trini on October 20, 2007, 09:50:34 AM
Quote from: Ivan_the_Great on October 20, 2007, 09:16:22 AM
I lothe the PLAN test.
I perfer the PSAT.
I just took it like an hour ago.
I took the PSAT on Wednesday. *High fives*
ditto, I took it Wednesday during school for free >_>
I took the SAT like two years ago.
I've actually never heard of the PLAN before.
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: Cardinal on October 20, 2007, 01:07:24 PM
I took it a few weeks ago. I really wonder what it will say about me.

I took the ACT last year, and got a 20, which I thought was pretty good.
Too many graphs in science, though.
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: Hi on October 20, 2007, 03:41:22 PM
Quote from: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 12:14:53 PM
Quote from: Trini on October 20, 2007, 09:50:34 AM
Quote from: Ivan_the_Great on October 20, 2007, 09:16:22 AM
I lothe the PLAN test.
I perfer the PSAT.
I just took it like an hour ago.
I took the PSAT on Wednesday. *High fives*
ditto, I took it Wednesday during school for free >_>
I took the SAT like two years ago.
I've actually never heard of the PLAN before.
SAT in middle school usually means the Stanford 9 test.
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: Zovistograt on October 20, 2007, 03:47:08 PM
Quote from: Ivan_the_Great on October 20, 2007, 09:16:22 AM
I lothe the PLAN test.
I perfer the PSAT.
I just took it like an hour ago.
me too, I took it this morning.

There were no major lulz though...I was hoping for another ridiculous made-up math word.  What was that one from last year's test...triplicatorating or something
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 03:48:01 PM
Quote from: PLAYGIRL on October 20, 2007, 03:41:22 PM
Quote from: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 12:14:53 PM
Quote from: Trini on October 20, 2007, 09:50:34 AM
Quote from: Ivan_the_Great on October 20, 2007, 09:16:22 AM
I lothe the PLAN test.
I perfer the PSAT.
I just took it like an hour ago.
I took the PSAT on Wednesday. *High fives*
ditto, I took it Wednesday during school for free >_>
I took the SAT like two years ago.
I've actually never heard of the PLAN before.
SAT in middle school usually means the Stanford 9 test.
No, I was signed up for some strange program that had me take an actual SAT in 7th grade x.x
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: Zovistograt on October 20, 2007, 03:51:26 PM
Quote from: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 03:48:01 PM
Quote from: PLAYGIRL on October 20, 2007, 03:41:22 PM
Quote from: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 12:14:53 PM
Quote from: Trini on October 20, 2007, 09:50:34 AM
Quote from: Ivan_the_Great on October 20, 2007, 09:16:22 AM
I lothe the PLAN test.
I perfer the PSAT.
I just took it like an hour ago.
I took the PSAT on Wednesday. *High fives*
ditto, I took it Wednesday during school for free >_>
I took the SAT like two years ago.
I've actually never heard of the PLAN before.
SAT in middle school usually means the Stanford 9 test.
No, I was signed up for some strange program that had me take an actual SAT in 7th grade x.x
what percentile did you get in? :D
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 03:57:07 PM
Quote from: Zovistograt on October 20, 2007, 03:51:26 PM
Quote from: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 03:48:01 PM
Quote from: PLAYGIRL on October 20, 2007, 03:41:22 PM
Quote from: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 12:14:53 PM
Quote from: Trini on October 20, 2007, 09:50:34 AM
Quote from: Ivan_the_Great on October 20, 2007, 09:16:22 AM
I lothe the PLAN test.
I perfer the PSAT.
I just took it like an hour ago.
I took the PSAT on Wednesday. *High fives*
ditto, I took it Wednesday during school for free >_>
I took the SAT like two years ago.
I've actually never heard of the PLAN before.
SAT in middle school usually means the Stanford 9 test.
No, I was signed up for some strange program that had me take an actual SAT in 7th grade x.x
what percentile did you get in? :D
I dunno. I got some score sheet, I'm not sure if it even showed percentile. I think I remember it being a bit above 50% for some strange reason >_>
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: Psilocybin on October 20, 2007, 04:52:00 PM
Quote from: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 03:48:01 PM
Quote from: PLAYGIRL on October 20, 2007, 03:41:22 PM
Quote from: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 12:14:53 PM
Quote from: Trini on October 20, 2007, 09:50:34 AM
Quote from: Ivan_the_Great on October 20, 2007, 09:16:22 AM
I lothe the PLAN test.
I perfer the PSAT.
I just took it like an hour ago.
I took the PSAT on Wednesday. *High fives*
ditto, I took it Wednesday during school for free >_>
I took the SAT like two years ago.
I've actually never heard of the PLAN before.
SAT in middle school usually means the Stanford 9 test.
No, I was signed up for some strange program that had me take an actual SAT in 7th grade x.x
:O me too.
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: phatyo on October 20, 2007, 04:56:25 PM
Quote from: Isaac325 on October 20, 2007, 04:52:00 PM
Quote from: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 03:48:01 PM
Quote from: PLAYGIRL on October 20, 2007, 03:41:22 PM
Quote from: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 12:14:53 PM
Quote from: Trini on October 20, 2007, 09:50:34 AM
Quote from: Ivan_the_Great on October 20, 2007, 09:16:22 AM
I lothe the PLAN test.
I perfer the PSAT.
I just took it like an hour ago.
I took the PSAT on Wednesday. *High fives*
ditto, I took it Wednesday during school for free >_>
I took the SAT like two years ago.
I've actually never heard of the PLAN before.
SAT in middle school usually means the Stanford 9 test.
No, I was signed up for some strange program that had me take an actual SAT in 7th grade x.x
:O me too.
everyone in my class in 7th grade ( last year ) had to take the SAT
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: Hi on October 20, 2007, 04:57:19 PM
Quote from: phatyo on October 20, 2007, 04:56:25 PM
Quote from: Isaac325 on October 20, 2007, 04:52:00 PM
Quote from: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 03:48:01 PM
Quote from: PLAYGIRL on October 20, 2007, 03:41:22 PM
Quote from: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 12:14:53 PM
Quote from: Trini on October 20, 2007, 09:50:34 AM
Quote from: Ivan_the_Great on October 20, 2007, 09:16:22 AM
I lothe the PLAN test.
I perfer the PSAT.
I just took it like an hour ago.
I took the PSAT on Wednesday. *High fives*
ditto, I took it Wednesday during school for free >_>
I took the SAT like two years ago.
I've actually never heard of the PLAN before.
SAT in middle school usually means the Stanford 9 test.
No, I was signed up for some strange program that had me take an actual SAT in 7th grade x.x
:O me too.
everyone in my class in 7th grade ( last year ) had to take the SAT
That's the Stanford 9. :|
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: Cardinal on October 21, 2007, 07:17:15 AM
Quote from: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 03:48:01 PM
Quote from: PLAYGIRL on October 20, 2007, 03:41:22 PM
Quote from: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 12:14:53 PM
Quote from: Trini on October 20, 2007, 09:50:34 AM
Quote from: Ivan_the_Great on October 20, 2007, 09:16:22 AM
I lothe the PLAN test.
I perfer the PSAT.
I just took it like an hour ago.
I took the PSAT on Wednesday. *High fives*
ditto, I took it Wednesday during school for free >_>
I took the SAT like two years ago.
I've actually never heard of the PLAN before.
SAT in middle school usually means the Stanford 9 test.
No, I was signed up for some strange program that had me take an actual SAT in 7th grade x.x

Some gifted talent search program, eh?
Same thing happened to me, but I took the ACT.
Title: Re: Just got back from taking the PLAN test...
Post by: bluaki on October 21, 2007, 10:08:28 AM
Quote from: Cardinal on October 21, 2007, 07:17:15 AM
Quote from: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 03:48:01 PM
Quote from: PLAYGIRL on October 20, 2007, 03:41:22 PM
Quote from: bluaki on October 20, 2007, 12:14:53 PM
Quote from: Trini on October 20, 2007, 09:50:34 AM
Quote from: Ivan_the_Great on October 20, 2007, 09:16:22 AM
I lothe the PLAN test.
I perfer the PSAT.
I just took it like an hour ago.
I took the PSAT on Wednesday. *High fives*
ditto, I took it Wednesday during school for free >_>
I took the SAT like two years ago.
I've actually never heard of the PLAN before.
SAT in middle school usually means the Stanford 9 test.
No, I was signed up for some strange program that had me take an actual SAT in 7th grade x.x

Some gifted talent search program, eh?
Same thing happened to me, but I took the ACT.
Yeah, it was this (link) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_TIP)