Braylon Heard Article

[EZ-E]

He got a 17.25 last time. He needs an 18.

[JTrain]

Is it true that he only needs to improve his score on one or two subject(s)? In that case, the others don't matter, as he can use previous test results?

[JTrain]

Not sure if you read this yet or not?

 

LINK

 

Hadn't seen that. Thanks. Sounds like he needs a combined 72 this time and that his previous scores cannot be mixed and matched, as had been previously speculated.

[Jeff U]

I have been through 2 kids and ACT and I have yet to see a fraction score. He got a 17. No such score as a 17.25.

[JTrain]

I have been through 2 kids and ACT and I have yet to see a fraction score. He got a 17. No such score as a 17.25.

 

It's rounded to the nearest integer, but the article was just showing the average before rounding, to show how close he was to 18.

[BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA]

I hope he gets to take the short road to Nebraska rather than take the 2013 route. Finger crossed too!

[Lincolnite]

I hope he makes it. He sounds like a good kid. He deserves to be here, and judging by his work ethic he'll be a hell of a player too.

[Ziebol]

That's great to hear, do we know how long it will be untill we hear his score.

Scores for ACT usually take 3-4 weeks to process and send.

[AK-47]

I have been through 2 kids and ACT and I have yet to see a fraction score. He got a 17. No such score as a 17.25.

 

You get 4 scores and then they find the average as your composite. They round it to the nearest number, but 17.25 was his actual average without rounding.

 

Whoops, already posted. Thanks JTrain.

Edited December 12, 2010 by AK-47

[Fuzzy]

This is kind of a sad story, i mean he committed about this time last year, and yet he still hasn't qualified to start at UNL.

[FourthDegree]

Whats sad is he needs an 18 and can't get it. It not hard to pull an 18, I got a 20 and never really prepared for it. I hope everything works out for the young man, but it makes you wonder if he'll will be disciplined and smart enough to learn the offense let alone pass his classes.

[bball_backer]

Whats sad is he needs an 18 and can't get it. It not hard to pull an 18, I got a 20 and never really prepared for it. I hope everything works out for the young man, but it makes you wonder if he'll will be disciplined and smart enough to learn the offense let alone pass his classes.

This is simply not at all how it works. An ACT proves nothing as far as your capability to learn, especially when you're comparing math and football or reading and football. The ACT doesn't prove much about a person as a student, either. Back when I was taking the ACT, I scored 9 points higher than my girlfriend. Yet her college GPA was .7 points higher than mine at graduation (she also had a harder major).

[FourthDegree]

Whats sad is he needs an 18 and can't get it. It not hard to pull an 18, I got a 20 and never really prepared for it. I hope everything works out for the young man, but it makes you wonder if he'll will be disciplined and smart enough to learn the offense let alone pass his classes.

This is simply not at all how it works. An ACT proves nothing as far as your capability to learn, especially when you're comparing math and football or reading and football. The ACT doesn't prove much about a person as a student, either. Back when I was taking the ACT, I scored 9 points higher than my girlfriend. Yet her college GPA was .7 points higher than mine at graduation (she also had a harder major).

 

How long has he been taking this test? Has to be at least a year. Granted a test like this means nothing in the long run, or in his ability to remember formations however, it contains basic building blocks for courses he will be taking as he progresses in his major. If he is serious about college then he should be well informed of the material on the test.

 

I'm not saying this test replicates his make-up as a person, it's just that after multiple attempts he has yet to "pass" a test as he shooting for the minimum score. An "F" more or less.

[irieboy8]

Not sure if you read this yet or not?

 

LINK

 

 

i hope he did well... he is either tripping out hard that he passed or totally suicidal.... you can usually tell if you nailed it or not.....

 

but anyways that article was really kinda sad and depressing.... but it was nice to see that BH was so committed to nebraska

[Ratt Mhule]

His teachers should tell him to pick "C" if he doesn't know the answer. My teachers told me this, I couldn't remember what the reasoning behind it was, but it helped me out.