ACT newbie, Can you help answer my questions about the test?

Hey guys, I’ve recently been looking at the ACT to try instead of my SAT (2250) but I have some questions that I think yall could help me with:

  1. I recently took a practice ACT and got a 35 R, 34M, 35 S, and a 27 W (lol). What's the best way to study ACTS writing? I'm a U.S. citizen so I don't know why I had trouble with this writing but not the SAT writing (780).
  2. Do most people read the science experiments first or just go into the questions and then look for the answer? I noticed that when I read the experiments first then answred the questions it took a lot longer than just going to the questions. Is this what most people do?
  3. I also noticed that the difference between a 36 and a 34 is only 2 questions! Is that normal? So if I want a 35-36 I should only be missing 2 questions total?

If any of yall could help me I’d be very grateful, Thanks!

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