<p>I just got my scores back for the ACT, and i'm really depressed. I see everyone on here with a 30 and they think it's bad, and I feel stupid. I don't know how to improve or get to that point of 30+. First time I took it, I got a 19. Last time I took it, the october test, I got a 21. I thought I did SOOO much better. Can someone give me advice on how to get a 30+, if even possible :(? I barley have time to do ACT class or anything..and my familys finical income isn't good now.
My scores is as followed:
English-21
Mathematics-18
Reading-24
Science-21</p>
<p>What schools are you looking at? And people don’t think a 30 is bad; They think it’s “bad” in terms of the schools they are applying to, such as the ivy league schools where the average ACT score is around a 33-34, so a 30 and under is “bad” to them.</p>
<p>all florida schools, UF and UM first choice.</p>
<p>What about your SAT and GPA UW and W…? EC’s and other stats?</p>
<p>never took SAT…UW 3.5 W 4.1 I’m a golfer, dancer, singer, tennis player and won numerous awards my whole life and done all competitively. 300 Hours, international club… thats what I can think of on the top of my head</p>
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<p>1: You do, or should have time to get that score up. Plenty.</p>
<p>2: Buy a ti-83 for the math portion. LEARN how to use it. I PROMISE you +6-7 points in your math section. (i can’t multiply on paper but managed a 31 on the math part of ACT) </p>
<p>3: Buy two very inexpensive books “The Real ACT one with 3/5 tests” (as low as 5$ on amazon) And a supplementary ACT prep guide (barrons/pr) etc.</p>
<p>Practice tests are the key to learning the ACT. </p>
<p>If you have a good amount of time before the next test date, take up reading. Read stuff that interests you it will greatly help you in reading/english. </p>
<p>Science is hard >.< just its just hard… >.< But, the best advice would be to do the passages from easy (5 questions) to hard (7 questions)</p>
<p>thank you so much ! 
Yeah math is my worst -____-</p>
<p>For science, something I recommend (that I would never do normally) is to skip the passage itself and just go straight to the questions. I find this necessary due to time constraints. Normally, you are able to read a question and refer back to a chart, table, or graph to answer the specific question. Sure, you may miss 1 or 2 trick questions because you didn’t read the passage, but overall, you will get through all of the passages and it will yield better results.</p>
<p>Experience: 34 superscored ACT</p>
<p>thank you !</p>
<p>Maybe you should hit the books and stop shopping. Lol. Just become more comfortable with the test’s format.</p>