history: Despite working until a few hours before, I scored highly on the ACT the first time I took it back in high school years ago. I thought I'd do poorly because I was tired. Despite working until a few hours before_comma_ I scored highly on the ACT the first time I took it back in high school years ago. Wow that's impressive!
current: Thanks. I thought I'd do poorly because I was tired.
next: That's what I thought when I did it but I got a 34.