ACT READING OCTOBER 2016... I FEEL RUSHED

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Have you found the strategy that worked for you? What were you making before? I tried many strategies to get out of the low 20s zone on the reading section, but ended up were i began (reading the whole passage and answering questions afterwards). I started to make high 20s and 30-31 occasionally because of practice, but my main issue is time bc I think that it affects my accuracy (I tend to take 9-10m per passage and 6-7m on dual passage ones which end up 35-36m). What should i do? I am conviced that I have potential to make 30s on the act and i am taking it this october. I need advices (THX in advance)

btw my approach, like i said, is reading the whole passage while underlining a lot and answer questions afterwards. I feel like i am taking in too much information that isn’t needed bc i also refer back to the passage for some questions, leading to 9-10m/passage. TIME IS REALLY AFFECTING MY ACCURACY

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I found the strategy of PR Cracking the ACT to be quite helpful. I usually go through the questions for max 30 sec and underline the major keywords. Then I go through the passage within 2:30 - 3 minutes underlining the keywords I found earlier and trying to get a grasp of the main theme of the passage. This leaves me around 5 minutes to find the answers.
And try to answer the information based questions at first. Hope this helps!

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What was your score btw. Like did this help you increase your score?

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There was not really a huge secret for me, except to take a lot of practice tests! When i first started taking them, i took notes on the side. As i took more tests i stopped doing this, as i began to figure out what to look for in passages! it helped me, but that advice could just have been a me thing. hope that helps!