# I am going to fail

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 4, 2010, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-going-to-fail/541905 "2010-06-04T11:31:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-going-to-fail/541905/21 "2010-06-05T11:50:58Z")

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I took algebra 1 5 times before passing (needed a C, got several d’s and f’s.) I passed geometry on the first try, needed 2 tries for alg 2 and trig. I completely forgot everything after alg 1 since. (The last math class I took was in 1992.)

However, I still teach math. I only teach up to SAT math. However, I scored a 760/800 on the GRE for math, and I could probably get a perfect score on SAT math now. Recently, I took the placement tests at a local community college as part of my job as administrator for a test-prep program. I didn’t study. I had perfect scores on both the math and verbal sections (the placement test goes up to grade 16, grade 12 would be a high school graduate. I scored a 16.9 in both sections.)

If you are prepping for it, remember that strategies for these tests are incredibly powerful.

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