<p>this is my first time taking it!! i hope i do well :)
matter of fact....I KNOW I WILL!!</p>
<p>Laugh-cry-smile,
That is sort of a complex question. The makers of the ACT have already created a curve for the test that is administered tomorrow to take into account the difficulty of each section. If we get an easy English test, -0 might be needed for a 36 (-1 is 35 most of the time). For Math, it can be -1 = 36 quite often, and -1 on reading is quite often a 36 too. Science usually doesn't allow that freedom. So, you could get 1 wrong on math and reading (maybe? depending on the test really ... ) to get a 36 in each section. As phoenix said, you can get 2 35s / 2 36s or 1 34 / 3 36s (without the essay) to get a 36 composite.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Hoping for at least a 32</p>
<p>yea i got 35 math 35 english 36 science 36 math, and 36 composite! so i'm guessing i missed 1 math and 1 english, but i don't really know for sure. moral of the story: it is ok to miss some questions!</p>
<p>im worried because i just made my first attempt at writing an ACT essay in 30 min, and ran out of time after finishing my 1st body paragraph......</p>
<p>what should i do??</p>
<p>VSheng, I would suggest just doing a quick outline to organize your thoughts, and then just write. A problem I have with writing and time is that I think about what I want to write in, say, the third paragraph when I am still on the first. And since I'm not concentrating on the first, it takes me a while to gather my thoughts. And when I finally get to the third paragraph, I forgot what I wanted to say. If you have something similar, then an outline might help you.</p>
<p>Does anybody have any advice for the science portion? In my last practice test, I did really well in everything else (28's-34's) but I got a 21 in science. Ouch. I think my highest science score so far out of my three tests is 25 for science. I think it's due to time. I sometimes find it hard to interpret graphs the first try, so I have to reread it 2-3 times (which sucks, because almost every question is about the graphs). Any quick magic tricks?</p>
<p>arduousspallor no real advise but concentrate on the science passages that are like graphs or tables mostly, not the reading ones. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!</p>