<p>Fortunately the schools that I am looking at have their early deadline by November 15. So I can still get my October Act for early decison/action! Anyway I need to improve my english Act score. It was a 27 on the september test. I don't think I got y 27 because I don't know material, but I think I got that score because I rush through the english section. I remember that I finished the english portion in 26 minutes. Although I did check my work, I think the cause of my 27 is because I rushed through the section. For you people that got 30+ in this section, how did were you on time? Did you blast through it like me and got that score? Or did you take your time with around 2 minutes left to spare?</p>
<p>Get the Barrons ACT 36 book. I haven’t taken the ACT yet, but read half of that chapter and am already scoring in the mid 30s on the practice tests.</p>
<p>I highly recommend reading books. Lots and lots of books. It doesn’t have to be Tolstoy or Plato, but something more advanced than Harry Potter, The Catcher in the Rye, etc.</p>
<p>I highly, HIGHLY recommend Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, and Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I grew up and still live in a broken English-speaking home and learned to develop my diction from just reading a few books one summer.</p>
<p>Hey there, I got a 30 my first time taking the ACT in september and I was kind of shocked to see that.</p>
<p>When i did the english, i used every second carefully and read every question very closely. The english is all about grammar knowledge and more importantly, improper grammar recognition. Its best to know your grammar rules like subject verb agreement, and other stuff which you can google around to find, but its even better and easier if you learn to recognize mistakes. When you’re reading a passage and something doesnt sound right, go through your grammar list and if something doesnt add up, then its wrong and fix it properly.</p>
<p>Advice: never use the passive voice…aka:</p>
<p>The cake was eaten by me. [wrong]</p>
<p>I ate the cake. [correct]</p>
<p>The English section is the easiest section to improve on dramatically over one test. I used the Real ACT Book for practice tests. The key there is that you need to take the tests under timed conditions or else the practice is useless for the testing day. The method I used was skim each passage before I answered any questions. Do that in 40 or so seconds while underlining key phrases here and there. Remember that each passage is 15 questions, and you want to spend 9 minutes per section at the most.
The first time I took an ACT was in September; my English Score: 33</p>