<p>how many passages do i read every day? well, i’m not too big on reading (probably why i did poorly on the reading section on my first 3 ACTs)… i spent about 30 minutes to an hour a day going through a reading section and then analyzing my answers.. so 4 passages a day pretty much</p>
<p>Just keep practicing. </p>
<p>I started out with reading scores around 23. After only about a week of study (but a considerable amount of time, i’d say about 15 hours in just that week) my score jumped to about 30-32. Although that score isn’t the best, it really helps my composite because I’m more math/science. </p>
<p>But what I found is that the more I did practiced test, the more I was able to kind of predict the questions while I read the passage. And so as I read, I was able to make mental notes/write notes down of certain specifics so if the question did come up, I could go straight back to it.</p>
<p>Also, Peytoncline in an earlier post you said that you try to read the passages as fast as you could and don’t think about it. To be honest, I don’t think that’s a great idea. When I first started, it would take me about 50 minutes to do a reading test. But I started from the beginning - slow and just trying to answer the questions. Gradually, I was able to pick up more and more information on my first read. </p>
<p>Just keep practicing. It helped me…</p>
<p>this should be stickied.</p>