<p>I’m hoping for a 34! My best is a 32, and I really think I can beat it. Maybe I should take a practice test soon, because I haven’t touched one in a while :p.</p>
<p>For anyone using the McGraw-Hill 10 practice tests book: the common belief is that the tests in it are far easier than the test itself. To some extent, I’ve found this to be true.</p>
<p>I prepped for the June ACT with this by taking several tests from it.
Score on the real ACT:
Comp 33, Eng 33, Math 35, Reading 30, Science 35
Practice test from book scores (using their “correction factor”):
Comp 34, Eng 30, Math 36, Reading 33, Science 36
Comp 33, Eng 28, Math 36, Reading 32, Science 36
Comp 35, Eng 33, Math 36, Reading 36, Science 36</p>
<p>Hoping for a 34 or higher this time around (not applying to Harvard or anything, but need something to balance my 3.4 GPA and the by and large lack of extracurriculars…)
Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>Got a 32 my first time in 10th grade, 34 11th grade, then a 32 later my junior year, and this will be the last time I take it. I just want to move it up to a 35. I can get a 5 on the AP calculus exam but I can’t seem to get above a 33 on the ACT math section. Anyone else have that problem? :(</p>
<p>guys i think im going crazy, im actually beginning to enjoy the practice tests now</p>
<p>^lol wish i was at that level!</p>
<p>my composite was a 31 when i took it in july (reading 30, math 35, english 31, science 26)
i practiced w/ barrons 36 and pr 1296, and my composite only improved by 1… -___-;;;;;
is the pr 1296 harder than the actual test? i hope it is because i’m aiming for 33+</p>
<p>you guys are really good!</p>
<p>I just started prepping major in the last few days and I dont have enough time for 1 practice test a day so i do 2 sections a day.</p>
<p>so far my scores are the following:</p>
<p>M: 27-28
E:28-29
R:30
S: 27></p>
<p>My biggest problem is Science (because of time!!!) and on Math some of the trig gets me and the TIME T<em>T. I was question 55 and i ran out of time -</em>- took me an extra 4 mins to finish the 5 left over problems. I gotta speed it up!</p>
<p>Since tomorrow is thursday, I plan on doing a crap load in school during my study hall and then finish the other 2 practice tests in the red book before friday night</p>
<p>I believe that the McGraw-Hill 10 ACT may offer the best science practice tests out there (besides the Red Book of course). I saw that some of the science tests were really accurate, as in the questions were sometimes taken word-for-word from a real ACT test.
When I take the McGraw-Hill, I usually don’t use their correction factor. Instead, I directly use the 3 scoring tables in the Red Book and see the score range (i.e. 29-31).</p>
<p>If anyone is interested in sharing how they thought the test went, (without discussing specific questions, of course) go to this thread:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/1208548-september-2011-act-discussion-socres.html#post13188923[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/1208548-september-2011-act-discussion-socres.html#post13188923</a></p>