<p>I got a 33 at the school sponsored one… this is my second taken ACT (first paid for :P) and I’m aiming for a 34-36.</p>
<p>I got the red book and McGraw Hill (it’s kind of easy though), plus the Princeton Review, Barrons ACT 36, and assorted online tests from the ACT and other sites.</p>
<p>^ I’m almost the same as you! I got 33 previously and have the same prep materials as you!</p>
<p>I’m taking it for the first time this June…hoping for a 30 (I scored 27 on a diagnostic a few weeks ago.)</p>
<p>Which one is better? The Princeton review or the McGraw hills?</p>
<p>got a 30.25 =/… hoping for a 33 this time around. Has anyone heard anything good about the princeton 1296 questions?</p>
<p>@raza I have the 1296 questions book. I find it really helpful. It offers essentially 6 practice tests and they are really great. The science may not be realistic enough (maybe a bit harder?) but the english and reading sections are quite accurate.</p>
<p>i’m taking the act for the first (and hopefully only) time-- i am so sick of standardized tests!
i know people say it’s easier than the sat, but should i still study for it beyond act.org’s practice tests? i’m aiming for 33+ i guess
i got a 2310 on the sat, which i’m pretty happy with, but it would be cool if i could score higher on the act-- plus it looks like some midwestern schools just use the act for scholarship cutoffs, etc. is this true?</p>
<p>I retaking mines june 11th.</p>
<p>I’m going to do my best! i got a 15 on the first one with a free waver so i was really just testing the waters that time without study and i even forgot my calculater that time -_-</p>
<p>But this time im going to be ready, Wish my luck guys i’m shooting for a 19-22 range score.</p>
<p>^ Good luck! :)</p>
<p>I’m aiming for a 30+.</p>
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<p>@darkmagician- How do u feel about the math portion?</p>
<p>Got my full list of Preparation books to study over the summer for the September 10th ACT. Haha, it’s funny I started this thread with the ‘ACT June Testers’ yet now I’ve decided to take the September test date. So anyways here goes for my summer prep…</p>
<p>-Kaplan ACT 2011 Practice, Strategies & Tips
-McGraw-Hills 10 ACT Practice Tests
-Princeton Review’s Crash Course for the ACT<br>
-The REAL ACT Prep Guide:Including 3 REAL ACT tests</p>
<p>1) Using the Kaplan book first.Kaplan I’ve Found is VERY good for strategies plus it has 3 workouts for each ACT section. They have a code in the book to access a free simulated ACT test on the kaplan website. It’s considered a diagnostic test, you take it, then look at the weaknesses you have from the test, and use the workouts and strategies in the book to get better. Then after getting done with the workouts in the book you take the 2nd practice test at the end of the book and see how you improved.</p>
<p>2) McGraw-Hills 10 ACT Practice Tests after using the kaplan guide. Doing all 10 Practice tests over July/August. Then reviewing my wrong answers from each practice test.</p>
<p>3)Crash Course for the ACT- Quick but very effective review of the ACT, very good for math and science.</p>
<p>4)Then to finish it off, a week before the test. I will do the 3 REAL ACT practice tests from the Red Book.</p>
<p>Then it’s time to take the test!</p>
<p>Taking the test this saturday, aiming 33+, hopefully this will be the first and last time I have to take it.</p>
<p>Does any one know of good, difficult online prep? All I have is the McGraw Hills 2011 6 Full Practices (2 online) and it is extremely easy… My 11-year-old brother can do the math (faster than I can too!) D: The only challenge I’ve found on the ACT seems to be the timing, which can also be overcome - does not give me peace of mind that I’m at all prepared for Saturday</p>
<p>ACT online prep at actstudent.org</p>
<p>Ahh i can’t believe the ACT is tomorrow! Good luck to everyone who’s taking it!</p>
<p>Ah time to relax, :D.
Aiming for a 33+ tomorrow; hopefully I’ll get a 34 (got a 34.25 and a 34.5[counts as a 35 lol] on practice tests so I hope I can actually DO that hah…</p>
<p>Good luck guys!</p>
<p>Are practice test scores usually pretty accurate in predicting how you’ll do on the real thing?</p>
<p>@LJGoBlue- It depends. First of all were the tests official from the red book or from another book? Did u time urself and take the test in a quiet place?</p>
<p>The tests were from the red book, and yes I took it in a quiet place while timing myself.</p>
<p>Apparently they are but I am feeling a little nervous that the red book ones, and the ones from the actropolis site may have been a bit ez?</p>
<p>people say they are all the same but I feel like they are harder when you actually take one…</p>