<p>are the tips differeint from other books? im thinking about it cuz there is not as much material for the act</p>
<p>I took the september ACTs and got a 31 English and 27 Reading.
I took the October ACTs (along with October SATs, so in reality, I had 2 weeks’ worth of prep for it) and got a 35 English and 34 Reading.</p>
<p>It’s possible! 
you need to work for it though.</p>
<p>what is your strag for reading? i discovered my speed reading ability and go about 2.5 min on reading, and then 5-6min on the questions…</p>
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<p>I underlined important details.</p>
<p>personally, for me, I like to keep a balance between reading and questions. I’m not a gifted active reader (as my CR skills in SAT show), so I need to take more time on reading the passages. </p>
<p>I just read through it (not speed through it) and maybe underline a few things now and then. but what I do is I actively interpret the thing while reading and for each paragraph, in the back of your head you should be thinking about the main idea of each paragraph.</p>
<p>Practice makes perfect. So, practice, practice, practice! Get your hands on all the practice tests you can and do 1-2 sections everyday.</p>
<p>do you know of any other good mateiral other then sparknotes, barron (their eng is weird), TPR red book, mcgraw hill and the online prep practice booklets?</p>
<p>honestly those should be enough. Start studying as soon as possible! I think actually going through and doing the work is more important than finding the “perfect” test material that will get you a good score. I made the mistake of lurking the forum for good SAT prep books instead of actually studying them haha.</p>
<p>haha thanks… problem is i’ve been through all of em and trying to go through again xD</p>
<p>argh i got a 32 on my first go… this time i got a 27 ***!?!</p>