<p>Alright, so I have been put into a pretty big dilemma by my school. They are administering the test for free to every student on April 28th, but I wasn't planning on taking it, as I have six AP Tests coming up and the SAT. However, they are forcing us to take it, and now I am left with two weeks to score as well as I would like to. So, my question to everybody here is this: what should I do? What prep book should I use? Is there even hope to do well?</p>
<p>pr cracking the act if you read everything they tell you I gaurentee you will get a 30,</p>
<p>Another option is to take it, but don’t report the scores to colleges if you don’t do well. Many schools accept either SAT or ACT, but none require both. If you do want or need to take ACT again next fall (you’re a junior, right?), then you can prepare properly, do better and report those scores to your potential schools.</p>
<p>If you still want to try to prepare in 2 wks, I agree with previous poster. Use Princeton Review. I suggest (since your time is so limited), you pick your 2 weakest subjects (most people know intuitively whether that will be science and math or English and critical reading. Focus your energies on your 2 weakest sections, read the tips and do the drills for those, and then take at least 1 sample test. Good luck!</p>
<p>I recommend The Real ACT.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies, guys! I think I’m going to invest in both The Real ACT and the PR book and just try to get as much as I can done. Based on my PLAN scores, I don’t have any real weaknesses, so I’m just gonna try to get as far as I can through the two books.</p>
<p>Quick question, though. If I were to do poorly on this ACT and do well on one at the beginning of next year, would the colleges see both my scores or know that I took it twice? ‘Momsofsongbird’ alluded to this, but I’m unsure of how the score reporting works.</p>
<p>No, they will solely acknowledge your highest score.</p>
<p>A fair number of schools also super-score - meaning if you took the test more than once, they’ll use your highest score in each section (cherry-picking the best section-score from among multipe tests) to compute your composite. Ask admission officers at the schools you’re interested in. They’ll be happy to tell you. Then, let’s say you didn’t do terrific on your first ACT, except for one section on which you got a 35 or 36, you could still submit both sets of scores, knowing they’ll only use that good one from the first set. Be sure to ask first. Not all schools super-score.</p>