<p>Ok, so I eagerly checked my scores this morning on ACT's site, and what do I find....... ANOTHER: 25.</p>
<p>April 2011:
C-25
E-28
M-24
R-23
S-25
C+E- 28
10 on my essay</p>
<p>June 2011:
C-25
E-27
M-23
R-24
S-24
C+E-27
9 on my essay</p>
<p>I've worked my butt off so much this whole year on the ACT. Granted, I raised my score a few points from December's ACT, but this score just isn't good enough for myself, yet.
I want to get into the 28+ range, and plan on taking the ACT again in September. I've used Princeton Review's book, The REAL ACT (red book), and countless other sources. How can I get my score up to the 28+ range? Thanks.</p>
<p>December’s ACT? You don’t have your scores listed there. </p>
<p>I can offer some help for the math part. Since you’re scoring only a 23/24, obviously there are some things that’s lacking/you haven’t learned well. Go through the entire math section on the PR book again and learn everything again. Then do lots of drills by doing like a thousand questions.</p>
<p>I used the ACT for Dummies book and some free practice tests on Sparknotes.
I knew I had issues with reading the mass amounts of text in the science and reading sections so I did practices until I was finishing the reading section with minutes to spare for a double-check.
Get used to a certain way to read the long passages. Some people read fast [that’s me ], some skim, some read the first and last paragraph then skim the passage. Find out what works best for you. Paying attention to small detail in the passage will help you fly through the questions.
For science, brush up on bio, physics, and chem. They help a lot so you don’t see a certain concept for the first time on the actual ACT. Unfortunately I haven’t ever been in a physics class so I was panicking when I saw a physics part on the science section ^^".</p>
<p>I used the ACT for Dummies because it has 2 practice tests with explanations to why certain answers were wrong or right. Also, throughout the book, there are tips and tricks for solving the more tricky questions.</p>
<p>On Sparknotes, there are several free tests with answer explanations as well. All you need to do is make an account.</p>
<p>Take what I say with a grain of salt though. I do rather well in school so I only needed minimal review and study for the ACT but I found that my strategies worked for me.</p>