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|  Message 136  |
|  Rob Mccart to MIKE POWELL  |
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|  11 Jan 22 00:48:00  |
 TZUTC: -0500 MSGID: 127.canada@1:2320/105 26432235 REPLY: 123.canada@1:2320/105 2640462d PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Linux master/dcb003099 Dec 31 2020 GCC 7.5.0 TID: SBBSecho 3.12-Linux master/dcb003099 Dec 31 2020 GCC 7.5.0 BBSID: CAPCITY2 CHRS: ASCII 1 RM>> My friends all said I was >> crazy for not studying like crazy for the SAT's but, in the end, I didn't k >> anyone personally who scored as high as I had (a 94 percentile).. >> Sorry but there's no direct way to convert from our system to the USA syste MP>It made sense to me. We have the SAT and the ACT. Which one you take >depends on which universities you are considering. Most kids I knew took >both, but I only took the ACT. Those returned numeric scores, I think the >highest you could get on the SAT was 1600 and the ACT was 33 or 34. We also >had aptitude testing throughout primary and secondary school that returned >percentile numbers. I always did pretty well on those. Yes, I'm used to seeing that '1600' score on American TV and such. Ours tends to vary a bit year to year because a 94 percentile here means that you got a better score than 93% of the people who took the same test. That might not be so impressive on a particularly stupid year.. B) MP>When I was between jobs, in addition to taking the max number of public >service exams allowed I once applied to work for Canada Post thinking a well paid job with good benefits and not so difficult to do sounded pretty good. I got a letter back from them later saying I had scored too high on the exams and if they gave me a job I likely wouldn't stay there for long. Similarly, I applied to the Police at one point and was told I was 'too small' to qualify for the job. Ignoring the fact that I was bigger and heavier than they required for women recruits, I was able to lift more than my own weight over my head and almost double my weight off the ground.. oh, and I'm 6 feet tall and at the time weighed about 145 lbs. --- * SLMR Rob * Hey, I've finally figured it out - I understand women! * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) SEEN-BY: 15/0 105/81 106/201 129/305 153/7715 229/110 426 428 664 SEEN-BY: 229/700 282/1038 292/854 301/1 320/219 322/757 396/45 712/848 SEEN-BY: 2320/0 105 PATH: 2320/105 229/426 |
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