<p>Hey guys,
I was wondering if any other sophomores (like me), or juniors took the Princeton Review's Free ACT Practice Test/Diagnostic Test today? I took mine through my school, but a lady from PR proctored the sitting. It was quite hard....And for anyone else who sees the thread, how is the ACT graded? How do the curves work?</p>
<p>you should answer all of the questions on the ACT since there is no penalty for the wrong answer. I don’t know how the curve works. I will say that I personally do not feel that studying from Princeton review (or any other test prep book) will be super beneficial. Ive taken actual past ACT tests and compared them to the simulated ACT test from the test prep books and they are quite different (mostly the science section).</p>
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<p>Note that the PR test and the actual ACT are graded in the same fashion. First, they calculate what your raw score is. (How many questions you got correct out of how many questions they are; there is no penalty for wrong answers.) Then, they convert it to a scaled score. This is basically the score with a curve (I believe that the curve is preset). </p>
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<p>I disagree completely. I spent a long time studying with Barron’s, PR, and Sparknote’s English and Reading and I’m fairly certain that my score improved a minimum of 3 composite points.</p>
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<p>With the exception of Barron’s (which is more challenging than the actual ACT), the tests are nearly identical to what you can expect to see on the actual ACT. The red book has 3 previously administered tests in it, so if you want the same caliber difficulty then get that. I found that PR’s tests are about the same difficulty as the previous two ACT tests that I had taken. </p>
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<p>I thought that the science sections in all the practice tests that I took were very similar to the actual test and very beneficial in preparing for it.</p>