Advice/strategies for high scorers?

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<p>I've done the 5 ACT practice exams from the Red Book, and I scored around 34-35. I plan to take the actual exam in September, so I have been looking at other practice books. I have several questions:</p>

<p>1) Does anyone know how accurate Barron's 6 ACT practice tests are? It is quite the confidence killer...</p>

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<li>My subscores, except math, have been in the high 20s from these practice tests</li>
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<p>2) Any tips for reading and science sections?</p>

<p>-I always feel like science isn't that bad because I have the timing locked in and I seemingly understand the content, but then I'm always surprised that I miss a question (Barron's 6 ACT tests) because it's like a slap to the face.</p>

<p>-As with reading, I do prose, humanities, social science, and then natural science passages in that order. The questions on the Barron's practice tests are ridiculous. </p>

<p>3) Last question, does anyone know the general curve for reading and science? </p>

<p>-I have seen in some cases that -1 on reading/science can equal a 34, which is quite brutal, considering that I find those 2 sections harder than English and Math.</p>

<p>All advice and constructive posts will be greatly appreciated, and I would be more than happy to help anyone with English or Math sections.</p>

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<p>really watch your timing on the reading section. I got a 35/36 on every section, but a 25 on reading because I wasn’t watching the time and it was already a weaker section (well lets face it weakest) of mine. They called 10 mins left and I had 15+ questions left and at least one more passage to read. I went into full on panic mode and started bubbling in random answers. The science section was really easy for me, I believe I got a 36. Just make sure to pay attention to graphs and their units and process the question fully before answering. </p>

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<p>Alright, I just hope the difficulty of my practice tests are much harder than the real test.</p>

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<p>The difficulty is very similar to the red book, the Real ACT.</p>