Help Needed: Going from a 32.5 to a 33.5

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<p>On the April 08 ACT I got:
ENGLISH 35
MATHEMATICS 31
READING 32
SCIENCE 32
COMPOSITE 32.5 = 33</p>

<p>I need a 33.5 (34).</p>

<p>Normally, I get 34's on reading, so that gives me 2 more points. I need 2 more after that to get the 33.5. I haven't prepped all summer, and am taking it on September 13th. I need help!! The colleges I am applying to accept students with around 34's, so I want to be in the ballpark. Any help or advice on how to improve and get 2 more points would be appreciated.</p>

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<p>ur best shot is to improve ur Math.....do sum SAT practice probs. That always helps.</p>

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<p>Just focus on your math. Math is probably the easiest subject to raise your score in.</p>

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<p>any advice on how to improve my math in the next couple of days?</p>

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<p>All there is to math is getting the last 10 or so right, so I guess look over advanced trig, logs, and some algebra II stuff(easy stuff but the hard part is remembering it). I got 32 M in June btw.</p>

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<p>learn equation solver for math (it's on all 83's/84's) :) it will save time and make you more accurate!</p>

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<p>haha, i'll check that out, but must of my mistakes come on geo and trig, w/ a little algebra thrown in.</p>

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<p>Well then practice geo, trig and alg...</p>

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<p>any resouces for the geo practice?</p>

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<p>I took the April 08 act today - got a 32.25.
Science 35, English 31, Reading 34, math 29</p>

<p>English was careless mistakes, but math...How should I improve math?</p>

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<p>^ what math class are you taking in school? that'll be a factor to your math score</p>

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<p>taking calc ab this year</p>

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<p>ok, that's good, so you should be fine in terms of materials covered for the ACT math.. what are you missing? some of the older algebra II/geometry stuff? or is it some pre-cal stuff that you may not have fully grasped in your pre-cal class?</p>

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<p>I took another test today, and got a :
36 english, 29 math, 35 reading, and 28 science.</p>

<p>Science was a fluke, but math...im just doing more problems now.</p>

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<p>^ what specific areas in the math section are you missing the most?</p>

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<p>I got 1 wrong on pre-alg/elem alg
I got 5 wrong on inter. alg/ coord. geo
I got 3 wrong on plane geo/trig</p>

<p>Is there any books or good resources for ACT Math? (like grubers for the sat)</p>

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<p>I didn't get your sub scores exactly but it's similar. All I can do really is take some of these questions that I can't figure out to my math teachers. Try sparknotes math, but quite honestly I think the hardest stuff to study is the trig, especially the really advanced stuff like cos and sine(this isn't complicated, but when you find them in questions 50-60, they're put in weird ways).</p>

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<p>I saw most of my errors when I went over the test. It's not that I can't do the math, im making stupid mistakes. I got the onlince ACT prep so I can practice on more real problems, lets hope that helps. 1 week left!</p>

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<p>yeah, it seems like geometry is shaking you up a bit.. i'd just do a lot of practice and study what you got wrong and WHY you got it wrong (and why the right answers are right)</p>

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<p>yea, if I just keep focus on the answers, I think i can make some improvement in this section. Lets hope I get the 34 =)</p>