<p>I took mine for the first time in June as junior and got a composite score of 27. </p>
<p>English - 30
Math - 27
Reading - 28
Science - 23 (HAHA...)
Combined Eng/Wri - 28 (writing was 8)</p>
<p>I would like to get a composite score of a 29 or higher and I was wondering if that's possible. Also, how can I improve?! I've spent most of my time studying for the SAT (it's emphasized more where I live) but I found that I did better on the ACT so I want to develop my strengths. Also, I didn't really study for the science and didn't know what to expect. I skipped one passage on accident as well.</p>
<p>English - Just continue to practice official tests. Brush up on grammar, if necessary. Most of the questions can be answered by gut instinct.</p>
<p>Math - Brush up on algebra II, geometry and trig. This should help improve both timing and accuracy. My advice is to just rush through the section, as quickly as possible. Practice often so that you get comfortable with this routine without making simple mistakes early on in the test.</p>
<p>Reading - Make sure you spend no more ~8 minutes on each passage. Keep track of time, and don’t try to memorize all of the details in the text in one read-through. Take a couple of minutes to get the gist of the passage, skip to questions, then come back to the passage and find the answers. More than the SAT, the ACT Reading is about looking for the explicit answer in the passage.</p>
<p>Science - Make sure you spend no more than ~5 minutes on each passage. On the table/graph passages, skip the words and jump to the table/graph. For conflicting viewpoints, treat it like a reading passage, and annotate for similarities/differences between the two viewpoints. Speaking from experience, do the conflicting viewpoints passage first. I have had it as the last passage before, where I got to it with only 3 minutes to spare. If you do accidentally go over the 5-minute mark on any passage, it’s easier to spend these last 3 minutes on a table/graph passage and answer more questions correctly than spend 3 minutes on a conflicting viewpoints. As long as you skip the text preceding the tables/graphs, the data itself can be analyzed rather quickly. </p>
<p>Hope this helps! Good Luck! :)</p>
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<p>Oh my gosh, this is a great problem to have. Your science score should have been a 28! That would have brought your composite up to 28 as well.</p>
<p>Just take some practice exams to get used to the test format and learn how to prevent easy mistakes, like skipping a section. You should be able to achieve a 29 no problem.</p>