<p>Hi, i took the test on April 26, I just got my results today, and it is very bad. I have a 17 on my ACT, I was really aiming higher on the ACT, although i was struggling with science, reading, and math. The scores i got was 16 englishT<em>T, 16 math T</em>T-I thought it was really hard, 17-reading T<em>T, 18-science T</em>T. I'm REALLY aiming to get a 23 or 24 on my next try, which is on June 10. I really hope i can boost up my score. I currently have Barron's Prep, The Real Act, Princeton Review- I read the whole book but it seemed like it didnt really help me because the stuff i studied for really wasn't on the test, and I got Cambridge ACT prep. I really need advice to get a 23 or 24 the next time i take it. I have 4 more weeks to prep and i want to prep as much as i can before time is up. So, If you have any suggestions to help me, please feel free to reply. THX!!!</p>
<p>I don't know what to say. Just practice, practice, practice, and everytime you get questions wrong, understand why they're wrong. I can't give you better advice than that.</p>
<p>that's good advice, especially for the math sections</p>
<p>Maybe you'll do better on the SAT?</p>
<p>The two-ish weeks left before the next ACT test isn't going to be much time to study.</p>
<p>With a 16 Math, you have a lot you can improve on there. I'd recommend doing almost a full review of math, or at least on the subscore areas you got lowest on. Again though, you'd be hard pressed to do all that in 2~ weeks.</p>
<p>2 Weeks is plenty, it is the summer ;).</p>
<p>Sit down, take a practice test, look at what you missed, and work on it, understand why you missed it. I am not the one to give advice, I received a 22. But I know you can improve to a 24-26 fairly easy. Good luck.</p>
<p>i agree that two weeks is plenty, but 17 to 26 is a pretty big jump.</p>
<p>Well, a 17 is almost not trying. Last year, someone guess C on every single question and received a 17 score. A 26 isnt out of range.</p>
<p>patrick are you serious about that person guessing C and recieving a 17? wow</p>
<p>Since only half the questions on the test even have "C" as an option, I'm going to call BS on that one.</p>
<p>Even if you could guess "C" on every question, you'd have to get about half the questions right to get a 17. No way half the correct answers would be "C".</p>
<p>When I said C, that means the third option, so C or H. Sorry for the confusion.</p>
<p>Try the Kaplan book. It teaches you how to get through the easier questions quickly so you have time for the harder ones. If you are getting bogged down with reading the passages, a different strategy could help you.</p>
<p>how old are you?</p>
<p>You need to do a full review on both math and english, reading and science are more about reading strategy, pacing your self, reading under pressure, and your mental focus, you could still easily improve there with alot of prep. I suggest Princeton Review and Kaplan. Kaplan has an excellent math section. Now take this seriously, 2 weeks is not enough to increse a 17 by 5-6 points. Even if its summer, your going to want to get 8-10 hours of sleep to be sharp when studying, and still more time for eating and other things, plus studying all day for 2 weeks, without any breaks will put a huge amount of stress on you. And if you have already gone through one whole practice book and have learned nothing, that proves you need more time. I suggest waiting till Sept or Oct to take the next test. This way you have 3 long months to study, and you can pace your self on prep, doing a a couple of hours a day, letting it all sink in slowly. Not to sound rude, but what are your grades in math??? You said the material on the math section was confusing for you. Did you understand the questions at all or was it the time issue???</p>
<p>Make sure u can use a graphing calc or any other legible calc to full extent on the test. For me i just plugged in numbers on the test for almost every ques, and i ended up getting a 35 on math. Just know some basic formulas.</p>