<p>Congrats! There is a way to get a high score without doing that much. It may not be a 36 but about 33+. Make sure to focus on a section that you have a chance improving. My D. has spent i hour / day for 5 days right before exam, doing only math section. She reviewed all secitons and got familiar with format. After that she concluded that she needed customised approach. Her plan was based on her specific abilities:
1 cannot improve reading and do not want to change the way of reading because it works in school classes. This was expected to be lowest score and it was.
2 English was no point to spend any time becuase it was very easy (for her), basically “common sense”. It was her highest score. I heard that many score very well in English section
3 Science section is not really science, it is a slower paced reading section. It was no point to spend any time as “slower” is D’s way of reading
4. Math. Improve as much as possible by taking practice timed tests every day. Go over every incorrect answer, make sure to nail all concepts. More applicable to advanced kids. ACT Math is primarily middle school math. Advanced kids who ended up taking Calc, need to re-fresh old math facts. D’s goal was to compensate low reading score by high Math score.</p>
<p>Everybody has strenths and weaknesses. If you assess your own, you will spend your time efficiently preparing for test. No classes, no threads, no textbooks in D’s case. The decent score of 33 was enough to get where she wanted. 36 is much better, but not everybody has time to spend preparing for it. 5 hours was all that D. could afford.</p>