ACT Reading is a struggle - 2016

Test Preparation
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I am practicing to get 30s on the act from my current composite of 24. It might sound dumb but I think that i have skills that can be sharpened to reach my goals. I am beginning to feel confident in Science, English, and Math but not Reading
I am trying to understand the reading section (my worst 23-26) but I seem to struggle with time. I tried 3 strategies that i knew:

  1. Read the full passage. It takes me time and i don’t remember all of the details which leads to going back to the passage for 6/10 questions.
  2. Skim. I quickly read it in 2m but know little except for the main idea, so it takes a long time to look back to find answers
  3. Questions 1st. IDK why, but going to questions first (starting from cited ones which are only like about 3/10) gives me no understanding of the passage and takes a lot of time to find answers.
    Does anybody have any suggestions/advice or fix to my strategies?
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On my most recent one, I read the questions first and that seemed to help.
I’ve heard from websites that a good way to do it is to read the whole first paragraph. Then, read the first and last sentences of every other paragraph. Finally, read the entire last paragraph to get the general understanding.
Try that and see if it helps :slight_smile: