ACT - April 14th

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<p>I'm taking the April 14th ACT and how I was wondering how much studying should I do to get at least a 29? </p>

<p>I could have studied sooner, but most people (those who do well grade-wise and those who don't) have told me that it's really easy and that I shouldn't study too much for it. </p>

<p>And what books should I use to study? The sample questions on the ACT website seemed easy, but I find it hard to believe it will that easy on the actual test. </p>

<p>I'm actually kind of desperate and disheartened. Standardized Tests aren't really my cups of tea. That's probably what's holding me back from getting a full scholarship for a public university in my state. =/ </p>

<p>Please help me.</p>

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<p>Just take practice tests and keep doing them over and over. I took my first practice test a month ago and I got a 29. I've been working diligently and I've done about 2 more tests and my last practice I got a 33. Just keep working at it.</p>

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<p>I concur ^^^</p>

<p>The Qs on the website do reflect the actual test pretty well. The Real ACT book might be helpful. :]</p>

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<p>The Real ACT book is the red one, right? Is that the best one?</p>

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<p>It is the red one. Best is very subjective. I think the practice tests are great - especially since (I believe) they are actual past ACT tests, so they will definitely give you a good idea as to what the test is like.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply! I got the PR book...is that any good?</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/act/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/act/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>You can buy 3 practice tests from sparknotes for about $5.00 a piece, and they also have timers included so you can pace yourself!</p>

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<p>I wouldn't recommend the Sparknotes practice tests. Sparknotes, from my experience, does not do a very good job of preparing you. The official ACT online course costs $19.95/19.99 with two practice tests. After that, every practice test is $2.00. These practice tests are retired ACTs. I'm doing the course right now, but I think that would be better. And also, I took one of the Sparknotes ACTs online, since I registered my book, and there were a lot of mistakes in the questions. For example, places where it says where to insert the following sentence, the sentence wouldn't show up, so I had to go and look up the sentence in the book. The first two practice tests that they give are straight from their ACT prep book; the third one is not.</p>

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<p>I only bought one because I wanted to test it out, I've had zero problems with it so far, but I'll keep that in mind for future purchases.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies! I got the Princeton Review book yesterday and I'm on the 6th chapter (english), and it seems really easy...for now. </p>

<p>Hopefully the Princeton Review series are a good resource for preparation? I'll tell you one thing though, I feel more confident preparing for this than I ever did for the SAT. The SAT made me go insane.</p>