<p>Danny, English is my best subject. The most important thing you should do for the English is understand all the grammatical rules. After you do the practice tests, look at the ones you got wrong and understand why you did get them wrong. chances are you arent that familiar with that particular grammatical rule. Look for redundancy, misplaced modifiers, understand where you should and should not add commas especially when using an appositive or a prepositional phrase. Also for those questions that ask if the essay established a certain goal, you must understand the tone and purpose of the essay while reading it and doing the grammatical questions. </p>
<p>Now I have a question for you Danny, OR ANYONE ELSE, how do you do so well on the reading. It’s my worst subject and always score a 25. I need it up in the 30’s. I’ve tried all the different strategies but I just can’t seem to do well on it. Help plz!</p>
<p>Funny thing, I got consistently lower scores on the English. Then, literally the morning before the exam, driving to the ACT, I read that picking the shorter/simplified answer typically results in the right answer(something like 75%). Worked for me, as far as the ones I couldn’t choose between. As for the Reading, well, there is nothing else to do but look for the answer in the passage. Most of the time, the answer is right in front of you. Identifying where is the difficult part, especially with the time constraints. You need to practice a couple tests, and then analyze why you got a wrong answer. You need to make sure you get every one of the direct questions correct.</p>
<p>THAT being said. I took two practice tests, and managed a 33 composite first time.
33 e/35 m/30 r/34 s. </p>
<p>I thought my science was going to be horrible, but apparently everyone else did even worse, because it turned out fine. I have a 2100 sat super score for comparison. 720 cr/ 710 m/ 670 w. I just hope colleges get the score in time.</p>
<p>Why won’t it let me see my scores? I really don’t want to wait. I am third in my class but I’ve always been bad at standardized tests. I have a 24 now. =/ hopefully it went up</p>
<p>@Hawkace you have to figure out how the act wants you to answer questions, and when you practice, simulate exactly the testing conditions. The act is all about timing, so if you haven’t practiced many times, then it’ll be really hard to do well. I started prepping for the act two weeks before the actual test and regretted not having started sooner. Don’t make that same mistake! When you take the test, make sure to almost take it twice. What I mean is that once you are done, cover all your answers and go through the questions and answer them to see if you answered the same thing. Then go to the back of the book and see if you got the answer correct or not. It’s very important to know exactly why the answer was correct. But in short, the timing is key to four 36s. Feel free to private message me for more advice.</p>
<p>jone my lowest reading score was a 26 and the way that i improved my reading score was i sat down took a practice test without time limit and I got a 35 then from that momment on i understood that i have good reading comprehension skills just that i cant finish the section on time so i got a hand watch i took more practice test till i could start finishing on time. after about four practice test it suddenly just clicked and i was at a pace of four to three minutes to read the passage constantly looking at my watch to keep pace and the rest of the time to answer the question but i had to keep a time of 8 mintues 30 seconds per passage and also i am not good at one passage more than another so i didnt use more time for any specific passage thus first check if you are like me and are good with reading comprehension and if you are not good then my situation wont work for you but w.e. happens good luck and im not born in america came from colombia when i was 8 so hopefully they will cut me some slack in english and i cant take it anymore times i am a senior so wish me luck.</p>
<p>I was very surprised he got it so quickly. I thought it would take weeks for the him to get it through the mail. I bet everyone will have theirs in the next day or so!</p>
<p>When middle schoolers take the ACT, are the results sent by ACT to the middle school? In Oklahoma, middle schools do not have the school codes to provide (just high schools). I emailed the .pdf of my 8th grader’s results to his guidance counselor.</p>
<p>They’re sent only to the school code specified on your admissions ticket. If you test through TIP (Oklahoma is in their area), I believe they send the school a copy. NUMATS (Oklahoma is out-of-area) used to be willing to send copies to out-of-area schools, but isn’t this year. D’s ticket showed her scores sent to NUMATS once as the school, and once as the college or other program, and I think I could have fiddled with one or the other to get a copy sent to our local district, but it didn’t seem worth it.</p>
<p>Did your middle school seem to care about the scores? I gave D’s EXPLORE scores to her elementary, and they made a big deal about them, but our middle school seems much more intent on being unimpressed by any kid accomplishments.</p>
<p>I know they send one to our middle school because my two older sons also took the test in 7th grade. At the end of the year the middle school has an awards ceremony for a bunch of stuff and one of the things is for the kids that scored high enough in the Duke TIP for either state or grand recognition. Assuming the scores needed are the same as in previous years DS3 will get state recognition like his brothers. So far at our school it seems there is usually one 7th grader who ends up with a really high score and gets the grand recognition and then there are a number of the kids at the state level. It’s kind of nice for the kids to get recognized.</p>
<p>allyphoe, thank you for the reply. I haven’t heard yet from the counselor since it’s still winter break, but I don’t expect much more of a “that’s nice” from the school. I don’t mean to sound awful here, but I think his school is so focused on and occupied by the bottom quartile of students and their problems, successes, etc., that they just don’t have time to make a big to-do over 6-8th graders who do well on the ACT. (In no way whatsoever do I mean to marginalize the struggles of any student group.) </p>
<p>I don’t know how best to describe it. I suppose it would be accurate to say the school staff know by 8th grade which kids are going to do well, and the staff are happy for this group, but it’s a mentality of, “You’re already at [high level]. Our work here is kind of done.”</p>
<p>I’m rambling, sorry! The older and crankier I get, the more I dislike the Participation Award scene in schools these days. Ugh, I’m reading my words and I think I need more pie or something.</p>
<p>MichiganGeorgia, so neat that there is recognition for these kids’ accomplishments! My son did not take the test as a 7th grader, just this year as an 8th grader. I wish his school would have an event like the one you described. I truly believe that kind of recognition can spur a kid’s desire to keep striving for the next thing.</p>
<p>I haven’t gotten my scores either! I am 100% sure that I did my matching information correctly. I have to have my scores in to colleges by the 6th so does anyone know when they should be out?</p>