<p>I am taking the ACTs this Saturday on the 9th. I really need a 28 for a 100 percent tuition scholarship. This may seem like any easy task for many of you, but it has been troubling me. I have never had problems with tests before and I always make high grades (4.3 weighted 3.9 unweighted). I really hope I can pull this off. I've taken the test twice with scores of 23 and 25.</p>
<p>My high on the SAT is an 1140 which is also short of the scholarship of 1270.
I have never really studied for just the ACT. Would it be a good idea to visit the bookstore during this last week and purchase some practice tests? What else can I do? My vocabulary is not up to par, so that's why I'm relying on the ACT. Any comments are welcome, thank you.</p>
<p>I'm in the same boat as you. I got a 26 the first time and I'm shooting for a 30 the 2nd time. I'm taking the test on the 9th too. I just need to find ways to improve my reading and I will be all set. Good luck!</p>
<p>at this point I wouldn't bother buying a book. use the practice questions on the ACT website.
<a href="http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/index.html</a>
Try to do them under time constraints as in the actual test. remember for science you don't need to read the whole passage, just read the questions and look for the answers in the charts. Reading is really about timing, as is math. look online for some quick general grammer rules for english.</p>
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stop making careless mistakes. that's the best way to get a couple more points.
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agreed. Do long equations in your calculator rather than in your head. If you have time after finishing math, double-check your problems instead of pondering over those one or two really hard problems. I'm always suprised by the amount of easy questions I miss. It's hard to not be careless especially with the time limit given by the act</p>
<p>I'd get a book.. and start asap. With a week to go, forget the chapters that review material. Just get a book with plenty of practice tests, and try to do one each day. Make sure you time yourself on them.. of course skim through the tips if you need to.</p>
<p>Go over all your grammar rules. Review all your grammar and take one test. See your mistakes, and take maybe another test or two.</p>
<p>I never believed in taking as many tests as you can idea, that's sick and takes up your whole life when you really don't need it to.</p>
<p>That will help the 22 English a boatload. I remember, as a soph I tried the ACT and got like a 26 on Eng and 640 in Writing. That year I fixed my grammar tremendously, got a 35 on Eng ACT and a 780 on Writing SAT. I took about 3 practice English sections for ACT (used mcgraw-hill I believe.. whoever's book I used nailed the content perfectly.. I saw mistakes I made repeated on practice tests on the ACT I took thankfully.. Few free questions.)</p>
<p>Especially where to place commas, and when to place it before/after a certain type of phrase, etc.</p>
<p>For Science, your other weakness.</p>
<p>Don't read the passages. Just go straight to the questions, analyze the graphs from there, and then answer. I remember this was my weakest part, and I usually got uppers 20s lower 30s but I got it up to a 33 or so and I only took 3 Science sections in total (might be alot for you for all I know, but I'd say its worth taking 3 tests to raise it up that much).</p>
<p>Math and Reading look fine. Just be careful in math as always, and for me (I got 34 in Reading), I'd say skim/read the passage first. Then go to questions and refer back. I never find going question then to passage without reading first a good idea. First of all, you have to look for the answer when reading the passage will give you an instant idea of where to look, and secondly, you usually miss the whole point of the whole essay. This isn't stressed as much as on the SAT but I believe it still has some important components.</p>
<p>luckily your worst score is english, which is by far the easiest to improve, since it is based on grammar rules, not logic or reading ability. so get an ACT book, study grammar and style.</p>