I had the exact same grade in English IV - barely scraping by with a D. If I had failed that I would have been another year in school.<p>CPT &quot;College Placement Test&quot; was required by the local community college  even though I had taken the SAT and ACT.<p>It was not a timed test at the time, it was multiple choice, and I was allowed to use a simple calculator. Might not have known all the right answers, but I knew how to figure out which one was the wrong one. I think I spent 6 hours on it. I by far scored the best on it out of all of them.<p>I used to be in network security for a financial institution, but I wear a few hats now. I&#x27;m a certified tower climber and senior network engineer(That makes the article even more relevant, half of the time I&#x27;m designing networks, the other half of the time I&#x27;m getting sunburnt, hanging off a 500ft tall piece of steel with a fiber cable dangling under me and a laptop on my back.) I have a good Cisco background, MCITP(the new, now old MCSE) and can take apart and fix nearly anything.<p>Thanks for your story. It would probably give away your main handle to disclose, but I&#x27;m curious why you wouldn&#x27;t want to post it under that one.<p>edit: fixed typo