<p>I've been working my ass off this month in preparation for the September ACT and just can't get myself to do well on math. </p>
<p>This is so frustrating.
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<p>And to people who are going to write "you should be happy with a 30, etc."... I only have a good/decent GPA unweighted (3.5), so I'm trying to get my ACT as high as possible. And I know I can do better than this on math. It's really annoying.</p>
<p>Update: did some research and read good things about the Sparknotes ACT Math section.
Spent about 3 hours reading all of the information, doing the practice problems, and writing down formulas + tips, and feel a lot more confident now. Will be taking another practice test tomorrow. I highly recommend doing this if you need help with math even though it comes from a site with a less than prestigious reputation (SparkNotes)</p>
<p>Raised my score from a 25 on the math section of the practice test I took a few days ago to a 33 today. I highly recommend reading that sparknotes section thoroughly.</p>
<p>Nice…with some more practice you’ll be scoring 36’s before you know it. However you have to be pretty fast and accurate.</p>
<p>Can you give me some tips on how to improve in the English section?</p>
<p>Honestly, no. I do the English section by correcting what sounds wrong. It’s not even about the errors for me, my rule is if it sounds wrong, it’s wrong. The only advice for that is more practice. As you can see my first three practice tests I was average but the more I just beat into my brain the type of errors there were on these tests I figured it out. </p>
<p>Besides that, read one paragraph at a time, then answer the questions, then do the same on the next and the next. I don’t think going question by question is a good way to do it.</p>
<p>English section is all about simply knowing the rules of written English grammar. You have to be able to spot them right when you see them.</p>
<p>Yup, you get better as your practice and identify certain things you keep getting wrong. Once you’ve identified what you keep getting wrong, figure out how to approach it better next time. </p>
<p>More often then not, you’ll be removing extra commas that are simply not necessary. Most of the time, the answer will be the most concise and simplest. Strongly consider the OMIT answer whenever possible as it is appropriate ~50% (if not more) of the time, removing garbage unnecessary info. You’ll be getting 34+ in no time on English :)</p>
<p>How do you do so good on the science section?</p>
<p>Read fast and skip all the unnecessary reading until you get to the questions…I didn’t really prepare for the ACT but when I first saw the science section, a few questions in I knew I had to come up with an optimal strategy.</p>
