<p>Well here's the deal.
I'm scoring pretty well on the other sections (34M, 34S, 33E), but am seriously having difficulty getting through the entire reading section in time and answering the questions properly. On average, I'm scoring a 29 (:P) ... any suggestions or methods in order to improve?</p>
<p>learn to read faster</p>
<p>I'm pretty quick at reading.</p>
<p>You're like the complete opposite from me. Reading is my highest score (34-35) but I er, suck at the other sections. Do you read the passages first or do you skim? It's important to read fast and KNOW what the passage is about, and I mean KNOW. </p>
<p>Go back and find out WHY you got it wrong. Was it something stupid? Did you skip over the information when you read the passage? Try taking the test without the time constraint and see if you're making the same mistakes and if you are, fix it! I don't really know what else to say but practice practice practice.</p>
<p>Yeah I think what I'm going to do is simply take the tests untimed and attempt to understand the passages better. However, the problem with the ACT is the limited amount of test availabe to use for people who are practicing (compared to the SAT, that is). Thanks for the advice. Any other takers?</p>
<p>i'm don't know if you do this already, but don't be afraid to go back in the passage to look for answers, even after you've read it through the first time-sometimes it's hard to remember those minute details the ACT asks about...</p>
<p>Yeah I usually do b/c it allows me to catch those minor things. A problem which I really faced was the difficulty in comprehension on one or two of the passages - they were rather obscure and extremely metaphorical. It was a little difficult to comprehend.</p>
<p>I got a 35 on reading, so here's my suggestion.</p>
<p>You have max 15 - 30 seconds or so per question. You simply don't have time to fiddle with them for longer.</p>
<p>I always just read the sections first without using any strategy other than that then went to answer the questions.</p>
<p>Those stupid methods the SAT books teach you do not work and simply screw you up by taking way more time than is necessary. I did that once and got a bloody 24. -_-;</p>
<p>I got a 36 in the reading section; I'm not really sure what strategy I use though :/</p>
<p>I simply just read the passage once, then look at the questions. If there's anything I can't remember, I go back to the passage and look for it. I seem to still get done with 10-15 minutes to spare. </p>
<p>Sometimes, if you don't really know what the passage is about, don't try re-reading and re-reading; just go on to the questions. They can sometimes give you a big clue to what the passage is trying to say. I use this same strategy on the SAT Literature exam. </p>
<p>Good luck :P</p>
<p>^^^did you, by any chance, receive that 36 on the Dec. 07 test?</p>