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Starting Test Prep Process - Any Recommendations? Guidance? Do's/Don'ts?

Another tutor here, just wanted to point out that both the ACT and SAT recently cancelled the essay section, so there’s actually no need to prepare for that – yay for shorter tests! I’d tailor your approach to your daughter’s learning style. Does she have the discipline & persistence to get the basics by working her way through a test-prep book on her own? Or will she need the structure of a class, or the encouragement of a private tutor? Honestly, the prep books+Khan Academy are pretty good. If she’s a motivated visual/verbal learner, she can probably learn half of what she needs to know, or more, from reading and working through a book for about 12-15 hours – long enough to get exposure, but not so long she gets discouraged or overwhelmed. Then, she could work with a tutor to learn & practice the remaining half over about 5 months with ~1.5 hrs tutoring + 1hr homework per week. But if she’d benefit from having external structure & direction from the get-go, I’d recommend starting w…

Also Struggling to improve ACT science score--tips and tricks?
Running out of time on ACT is common problem. Many schools might superscore.