Barrons or PR ACT In Addition to Real ACT prep?

Test Preparation
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<p>Barrons or PR ACT In Addition to Real ACT prep? I plan to get the Real Act Prep book by makers and one other book either the Barrons or PR. Which one is better? I appreciate all your responses and Thank you.</p>

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<p>I can’t offer a comparison, as I never tried Barron’s, but I found PR to be quite helpful. I hope someone who has experience with both books will be able to offer you a more useful opinion.</p>

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<p>Barron's has extremely good English Grammar review not series of guessing strategies. I found PR to be good at dissecting the Science Section. Crit reading and Math are nearly tied between the two with Barron's actually teaching you how to do problems in math while PR teaches you how to guess.</p>

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<p>I've always used PR, and I've done pretty well so I'm gonna suggest PR.</p>

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<p>I agree with Shahein, Barrons has comprhenesive review sections while the other books teach you important guessing strategies and what to look for in problems which IMO is not what a review book should be. Just to note, I believe the Barrons Book goes above and beyond what the ACT expects you to know - so it can also be used in place of a textbook.</p>

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<p>I mean I'm looking for a score 31+. Ideally, I want to get a score like shahein's 35 and 12 essay. Would these guessing strategies even help? I've never really taken the ACT but when I looked over the practice questions on their website they really didnt look too hard...the science and math were just plain easy but the format of the english section felt a bit weird because I'm used to the SAT format. Also would SAT strategies work w/ the ACT?</p>

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<p>All I can say, is to follow the Xiggi method and take practice tests. If on your evaluation of your weaknesses, pick up Barron's ACT and thoroughly review the English Grammar/Math/Reading/Science areas. Then take practice tests again. And again. And again. </p>

<p>Guessing helps a little, but the main focus on the ACT is working quickly and answering as many questions as psosible. Remember, the ACT does not guess-penalize...</p>