<p>Dec. ACT </p>
<p>Composite 29</p>
<p>English 31
Math 33
Reading 25
Science 27</p>
<p>I am taking the Feb. ACT and i really need to get a 33+</p>
<p>Any prep books I should use?
For those of you that achieved this, how did u do it??
How should i improve???</p>
<p>I have barrons 2009, PR, Kaplan, and the Red Book (which ive exhausted)</p>
<p>help pleaseee</p>
<p>If you have used the books you have listed then that's probably enough. Just keep doing new practice tests.</p>
<p>English 31
Math 33
Reading 25
Science 27</p>
<p>Well currently you're at a solid 29.</p>
<p>Which means you need a full 4 points distributed amongst each section to receive an overall boost of 1 point composite. Meaning you'll need to increase by atleast 10.</p>
<p>Any scenario is possible. What I'd try to do is just maintain the 33 math, and work on the english slightly. BUT YOU REALLY need to bust the reading. Which wouldn't be too hard.</p>
<p>Heres what I'd suggest to shoot for</p>
<p>E:32
M:34
Reading: 32
Science: 32</p>
<p>It won't be easy.</p>
<p>Infact a 33+ is almost impossible to get unless you really buckle down and study daily.</p>
<p>a suggestion
READ
read hours a day
when i was a kid i used to read like crazy
a book a day
and when it came to the act the reading section was a piece of cake
if you read tons and work up your speed i'm sure you can hit the 30's in reading fairly easily
english and math are just practice princeton review has a very good english section
math i'd suggest you just go through your school text book
science... well i'm still trying to figure this one out myself</p>
<p>do u think barrons 2009 will help since it is harder and covers a lot of content?</p>
<p>Everything will help you if you are aiming that high. A 33 means you have to improve by 14 points total. You definitely need to get your reading and science scores up to 31 at least. The math should be a 36 for sure. That would mean you still need a 32 on your english. As you can see, its not gonna be easy. To get a 33, you are going to only be able to miss approximately half as many questions as you did this time.</p>
<p>paki- where do you live at?</p>
<p>i live in the midwest.</p>
<p>and please answer my questions and help me out</p>
<p>If you're not already doing the SAT Question of the Day, sign up for it. It helps with the ACT as well.</p>
<p>Math looks solid and will probably go up as you learn more of it this year. Keep in mind that you have to infer nothing for a majority of the Reading questions. The answer is usually embedded in the passage. English looks okay--I really have no advice. Science should be the one you study hardest for. Go through any questions you can get your hands on, and it'll become rote over time.</p>
<p>Certainly aim for a good score, but keep in mind that a 14-point jump isn't terribly easy to accomplish.</p>
<p>Hey I agree with the ^^ above. Fix that reading up! Read faster. take a prep course. ask your english teacher for advice.</p>
<p>what should i reasonably aim for???</p>
<p>i will probably start studying on Jan. 15 hardcore, after exams are done, and I will have 3 weeks, almost.</p>
<p>Reasonably? 30-31.</p>
<p>i have done the official ACT book and princton. Should i go through barrons 2009 to overprepare myself so I can do amazing????? help</p>
<p>I'm in the same boat.
I have a 29 and am looking to get a 33+</p>
<p>Composite: 29
English: 28
Math: 27
Reading: 33
Science: 26</p>
<p>The English and Science I can improve on easily enough by myself, i jumped from 21 to 26 in science by simply taking the ACT twice (I know I need much more than that, but I'm on top of it). And English and Reading are natural enough for me.
Math is my problem.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Sites to study on? Formulas?
Books?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I bought the McGraw-Hill's 10 ACT Practice Tests
would this help me to raise my score from a 27 to 32+???</p>
<p>If anyone could suggest any good prep book,,,
please post ASAP</p>
<p>ssang Q!</p>
<p>My daughter also has a 29 (soph score) and we're hoping for a 31</p>
<p>English 32
Reading 35
Math 25
Science 27 </p>
<p>I'm trying to get her to use the Red Book and then Barron's. Any other suggestions, especially for math and science (she hates math and isn't taking it as a junior this year, which I'm afraid will really hurt her scores). If she doesn't do something, she will wind up sending that sophomore score, which won't look very good.
Thanks.</p>
<p>any advice please?</p>
<p>ACT is Feb 7th and I did not even start studying yet because of school exams.</p>
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Infact a 33+ is almost impossible to get unless you really buckle down and study daily.
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<p>So not true.</p>
<p>Practice the English section because all it is is a bunch of the same grammatical errors repeated throughout the section. As long as you know and can recognize things like s-v agreement you should do better.. and just keep familiarizing yourself with the other sections.</p>
<p>i was in your situation. Prepped a ****LOAD for the act and got a 29 the first time. 2nd time didn't study/practice at all and got a 33. its all about state of mind</p>
<p>but u should study too dont do what i did</p>
<p>my breakdown went from</p>
<p>english 28
math 33
reading 30
science 24</p>
<p>to </p>
<p>english 35
math 34
reading 34
science 30</p>
<p>so 18 more points</p>
<p>if i can do it u can do it. keep ur head up</p>