<p>I got the following scores:
composite:30
reading:32
english:33
maths:30
science:25
I used the following books:
barrons act 36
the real act prep guide.
what should i do to improve my score by atleast 4 points.
should i buy other books like princeton review books or should i go through barrons act 36 and the real act prep guide
once again.i cannot afford to take tutorials.</p>
<p>Also what should i do regarding my science score?</p>
<p>@priyathamsid
Remember 30 is a very good score! </p>
<p>I would focus on your science. It can only help your superscore. Are you taking the test next Saturday?
Her are the Science techniques I use.</p>
<p>Do the passages in this order, skip around if you have to
- Data Representation (3 of these, 5 questions each): almost entirely
charts/graphs/etc. with few words. Tend to be the most
straightforward.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Research Summaries (3 of these, 6 questions each): paragraphs mixed
with charts/graphs/etc. </p></li>
<li><p>Conflicting Viewpoints (1 of these, 7 questions): two or three
short passages written by “students”, “scientists”, etc. They all talk
about the same topic, but have different stances on a key issue.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Don’t focus on understanding the material, but on just answering the questions</p>
<p>Label all of the charts/graphs/tables/</p>
<p>Watch out for the little things. Most questions people miss
have to do with little things like negative signs (-100 is not less
than -500, it’s greater), not noticing differences in decimal places
or scientific notation between different numbers, automatically
assuming that the two things next to one another in a table are what
you should be comparing, assuming that the table is in order of least
to greatest or vice versa, and so on. Take the time to be careful.</p>
<p>Take the time to memorize the simple graphs and what they mean
about the data they’re representing. These include positive slopes,
negative slopes, flat lines, vertical lines, “peaks” (line goes up
then down; these lines look like mountain peaks), “valleys” (line goes
down then up; these lines look like valleys as well as the letter
“v”), exponential-based curve (slope keeps increasing), and the limit
curve (slope keeps decreasing, or trending toward a specific flat
line). These kinds of graphs all tell you something about their data.</p>
<p>i plan to take act in june.But should i buy other books like princeton review cracking the act or princeton review 1296 act questions or should i go through barrons act 36 and the real act prep guide once again.</p>
<p>I just finished pr 1296, it was a little harder than the real ACT. The real tests are the best for me. </p>