<p>My Composite Score was 26.
Math - 31
English - 27
Reading - 24
Science - 22</p>
<p>What's the best way to improve my Reading and Science sections?......I ran out of time for both sections; for the reading section, I had to guess on the last 7 questions and on the Science section, I had to guess on almost half of the questions. </p>
<p>Is it possible to raise my composite score to 28-30 by the June test?</p>
<p>i need to improve my science & reading as well</p>
<p>You can definitely bring up the science. Just do the Real ACT's and make sure you know how to do each and every practice science question.</p>
<p>^thanks a lot......The problem is that I run out of time. any suggestions there?</p>
<p>Start with the easier ones. If you don't know how to do it then skip it and come back to it later if you have time.</p>
<p>You might also try to remember what type of question you had problems with and try to practice that type.</p>
<p>I got a 27 on the science, I think the best way to approach the science test is to rad the questions first. Most of the questions you don't need to read the introduction paragraphs, so don't waste time reading them. Read the paragraphs only when you need to, which is rare. Except for the fighting scientist passage only one of them and 7 questions for it. The rest, just read the questions and their corresponding sentences/graphs in the passage.
I also need help on Reading section since I can't finish it fast and accurately.
Hopes this helps</p>
<p>^thanks....it really has.</p>
<p>8KBMJ23, read PR to get some tips. Basically, do the charts and graphs first, followed by the experiments, and do the fighting scientists last. Get a watch and spend ONLY 5 minutes per passage. Try reading everything first and see if you can finish all the questions w/o making too many mistakes. If you can't do it in 5 minutes, try the next passage by going straight to the questions.</p>
<p>Whatever happens, you have to go to the next passage when the time's up - even if you have to blindly guess (otherwise you'll run out of time). Keep practicing and improving your strategy.</p>
<p>EDIT: Also, keep reading books, novels, science journals, etc. online at least a couple hours per day and try to understand what you're reading while doing it at a fast pace.</p>
<p>^thank you so much =)....</p>
<p>Haha, I got:</p>
<p>English- 36
Math- 36
Reading- 27
Science- 28</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>I found a strat that is working pretty well for me on the Reading Section,
Just read the whole prose fiction and the first paragraph and the last paragraph of the other 3 then go to the questions. I read all the questions and reasoned out the answers basically.
I only went to the passage when the question refers to a line. Not sure how to explain it but sometimes I can tell what answer "sounds right" and corresponds to the question. </p>
<p>I scored a 30 on a timed practice exam but if you can get the hang of this, u can probably go higher. If you have strong reasoning skills i think ull like this.</p>
<p>Also I noticed that u have to read the whole prose fiction to get all the questions but the other 3 you can reason them out.</p>
<p>Ok...so i can kinda help. i got 35 on science and 32 on reading. for science, i don't even look at the "passages", but look a the question and quickly go to what it is referring to. this way, i save a lot of time (about 2 mins per passage) and can spend more time on the questions. </p>
<p>for reading, I'm not really sure how i got my score (i got 620 on SAT CR...). anyways, i kinda did the same thing as on science, and referred back after reading the questions. like allen9190, i try to "sound out" the answers. since the ACT is supposed to be curriculum based, they won't give you anything that is factually incorrect. so if you know the answer to a question from your past experience, it is usually right. this worked for me, so hope this helps.</p>