<p>What is, in your experience, the best strategy for science? Also, list what score you received usuing that strategy.</p>
<p>Don’t read passages. Just look at graphs required to answer each question. Only read the arguing scientist passage. I got a 35.</p>
<p>What about going in order? Did you do the fighting scientists’ passage last?</p>
<p>I do fighting scientists last because it takes the longest. Other than that I just go in the order that the questions appear.</p>
<p>This is how I do it. Do everything in order expect the “conflicting viewpoint” because it does cause the most time, even for fast readers as processing time required to do it. So do it last.</p>
<p>I mainly looked at the graphs. I don’t really read tge passages unless I need to.</p>
<p>I’ve been practicing and can do it in 20 minutes and get about a 28. When I correct in tge next 15, I’m in the 30s.</p>
<p>When I took the ACT this is what I did:</p>
<p>1) Do all the questions in order. Know how many subsections there are and divvy up your time accordingly. Do not spend more than what you have yourself on any particular section.</p>
<p>2) Quickly read the intro paragraph to each set of questions. It gives you sufficient background for the questions and some questions might even ask about the background information.</p>
<p>3) Don’t analyze the graphs until a question specifically asks you to look at it. If you spend all your time at the beginning looking at the graphs and not the questions, you waste valuable time.</p>
<p>I got a 36 on the science section.</p>
<p>I agree with CantConcentrate. It is important to do the questions within a passage in order, as some of the later questions may refer to information you found/used in earlier questions. However, the order of the passages is irrelevant: many people skip the conflicting viewpoints, or any passages that seem entirely new to you (and come back to it later, time allowing). People tend to spend a lot of time when they are exposed to unfamiliar graphs/charts.</p>
<p>You should avoid looking at any graph/table unless a question directly refers you to it. The ACT makers think extremely carefully about the order of the questions themselves. You should let the test guide you when/where to look.</p>
<p>Remember that you do not need to be able to explain your answers to anybody. There is nothing wrong with using whatever contrived logic necessary to find answers. </p>
<p>I got a 36, as did several of my students. Good luck!</p>