<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I was wondering how I could increase my ACT scores. My test is December 10. I took the ACT diagnostic test about a month ago and received scores of E:25 M:19 R:22 S:17. Since then I have been studying everyday and night. </p>
<p>English seems to be the only thing I am confident in. I am pretty confused on the Science Reasoning section though. </p>
<p>Any tips on how to get higher scores? I'm aiming for a 25+.</p>
<p>I don’t really know how to help you, except to recommend practice.</p>
<p>Currently, I can get E:35, M:34, R:36, S:33 w/o much effort. My strength lies in being able to see the patters in the questions.</p>
<p>In order to achieve similar scores, you must be familiar with how the test works and the questions on it. Take MANY practice tests, have your mom go out and buy 3+ ACT books. Exhaust every test in them, while paying attention to the question types and correcting your mistakes. A huge score jump after all this would be almost inevitable.</p>
<p>I will be taking the Dec. 10th test as well. May the odds be ever in your favor!</p>
<p>It’s kind of late in the game, but I would go crazy on the practice tests. Write down formulas you don’t know… Memorize them. Math is the easiest, in my estimation, to raise.</p>
<p>hey faustia, what prep books with act tests do you recommend? i have already have the red book.</p>
<p>After studying all day, I managed to change my scores up. :)</p>
<p>E: 25 M: 20 : R: 28 S: 25. </p>
<p>Taking different practice tests all day managed to help. My english score is where I want it; I managed to learn some more math formulas and apply them to the questions; reading has become alot easier to comprehend, and the trick for science is to just read the graphs. 
Common sense also does alot on these type of tests.</p>
<p>Still alot more work to be done. Wish me luck!</p>
<p>I recommend Barron’s ACT 36, even for non-top-scorers. It has great hints and explanations.</p>
<p>McGraw-Hill’s 10 ACT Tests. The regular MH ACT book is lame on the explanations and good for noting but tests, so I’d go with the 10 Tests.</p>
<p>Good call on buying the Red Book. It is excellent.</p>