I am an international student and I will be applying to american colleges next year. I’m looking at quite the elite universities, so I was hoping to get around a 34 on this last June test. I got around a 34/35 on the three practice tests I took, so I expected to get this on the actual test as well. It was my first time taking the test.
Instead, I ended up with a 30C. Breakdown: 33E, 25(!)M, 34R, and a 28S. I am really upset about this. My GPA is very high and I have good EC’s, so I feel like this score is holding me down. I plan on taking the september ACT next fall, and I was hoping some of you had some tips to increase my score?
For this last test, I couldn’t prepare to much because I had finals as well. I took three practice test, practice the math formula and learned English grammar rules. Anyway, I will be going on holiday for like 4 weeks this summer, but I can still prepare during it. Basically, what tips do you have for me to increase my score to around a 34?
Science just requires practice. For math, why are you scoring so low? Is it time? Is it that you don’t understand the concepts? Also, maybe try the SAT instead?
@ben69420 I ran out of time on the test. And the thing is that, looking at the answer explanation, I do understand the content, but I never know what content to use on what question.
@liltounchie When I read the answer I understand immediately why it is that way, I just seem to be unable to do it on my own. And I also run out of time on like, the last 8 to 5 questions.
“When I read the answer I understand immediately why it is that way, I just seem to be unable to do it on my own.” That’s what I was going through the first few months I started practicing the ACT. What helped me improve my scores, especially in math, was marking questions I was even a little unsure of and studying those and the questions that I got wrong. Then I’d look up similar problems online and solve them. Time used to be a big issue for me on math but after practicing and practicing multiple problems I have around 10 minutes left by the time I finish. Also, I would just skip questions and come back to it in the end if I don’t understand it so I don’t waste time and free points for the questions that I actually understand.