<p>Anyone here taking the ACT on Saturday? My daughter is going to be taking her first "real" test this Saturday. We are going to try something w/her to help her prepare for the test, and I wanted to post the idea here for anyone else that wanted to give it a try as well. This would only really work for someone that has taken several practice tests previously. What we are going to do is go through all her past tests w/her (she's probably taken 7-8 practice tests) and go over only the questions that she missed. We figure w/as many practice tests as she has taken that most, if not all, of her problems areas will be addressed. We're hoping that this will ensure that the material she has trouble w/will be fresh in her mind for this Saturday morning, and we're also hoping that it gives her some major confidence going into the test that she DOES know this material and that she CAN do this!</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone taking the ACT this Saturday! Go kick some ACT Butt!!</p>
<p>Yup, taking it Saturday. Got a 29 my first time, I really want a 32 this time. I did a timed reading section out of the real ACT prep book and got a 34 (got a 29 when I took the real ACT in December). Now if these practice tests can translate to the real thing…</p>
<p>Got a 32 last time but i time out of the reading (27) and did poor on science (31) though science i think is so unpredictable(my highest was a 36, lowest a 29). Reading and science im hoping will be easy with lenient curves. PRAY W/ ME!!</p>
<p>I’m going into this one relatively blind, myself. I just haven’t found the time or been very motivated. At first I was freaking out but now I’m pretty chill. It is what it is. I’ll make a 33 or I won’t. No sense in tripping and lowering the chances of scoring higher. A positive attitude really helps, in my opinion.
I’m going to attempt to cram a tad bit for math because I absolutely hate math and can’t ever seem to concentrate long enough to finish a problem. Oh well. </p>
<p>hoping for a 34 here. Got a 30 my sophomore year with no studying, and with all my prepping over spring break and a little luck, a 34 is within reach</p>
<p>@LadyHam - when going over those missed questions let your daughter redo them without seeing which answer is correct (cover the circled or checked letters A, B, … with a sticky or something).</p>
<p>Gcf101 ~ Great advice - thanks! We made the mistake of grading her earlier practice tests w/both the right and wrong answers. On the later tests, we only marked the question wrong, and then let her figure out what she did wrong. I think this is such great advice because it really makes the student think through their answer, and I think it really sticks w/them a lot better that way.</p>
<p>Cantstopwontstop ~ I so agree! After the test on Saturday, my daughter will have an ACT test to take through her high school, but it won’t have the writing portion of the test. I guess the state of Illinois felt like they had to cut back. But then after that one, she won’t have to worry about it until June either. She’s in the same boat w/AP tests. They are in early May, so she will really have to start hitting the books for them. She has an AP English test (which you can’t really study for, I guess) and an AP US History test, which she will have to do some major studying for. It’s so hard w/so much going on to focus on this test!</p>
<p>My cousin is in 9th grade and he is also taking it (in the summer) he took 10 practice tests and here are his averages of all the ones:
English: 32
Math: 36 (Asian power)
Reading: 32
Science: 34
This comes out to be a 33.5 which I would think is a 34 correct?</p>
<p>I’m taking it Saturday as well! I’m a junior year this year, aiming for AT LEAST a 32. This will be second time, as I took it last year in April and made a 28 with no prep.</p>
<p>I made a 2120 on my March SAT with an 11 essay so I’m pretty confident. Also, I sure hope practice tests from the Red Book translate well. I just made an even 33 on my first one. Hopefully I can make that a 34!!</p>
WE GOT THIS.</p>