<p>I need advice on how to get a score in the 30's range.</p>
<p>be smart.....</p>
<p>take a practice test or two. especially science b/c it can be confusing and u need to know how to pace yourself</p>
<p>practice tests. review the math that is needed for the ACT. look at the reading tips review books give you and see if they help (they didn't for me). Review basic grammatical rules. Science and Reasoning was my worst section, but I would suggest just taking prac tests like the person described above and getting familiar with the material.
And, of course, there's luck of the draw on the material. Sometimes you know it and sometimes you don't.</p>
<p>Will I be given a math reference sheet?</p>
<p>no. the math is super easy. science is what got me... i got 27 science b/c i had to rush for the last 10 questions. 35 on math</p>
<p>bsbll, what statement are you saying no to? :P
oh, perhaps to the math reference sheet! I see, I see.</p>
<p>BTW, saying that the math is easy is pretty much subjective... some people could be whizzes at science and reasoning and say THAT's super easy.
I would just study for all of them. :]</p>
<p>Last time I took it, I did horrible on the Math(21). I did ok on science(29).</p>
<p>practice! practice! practice!</p>
<p>PACE yourself!!! (aka go really fast) I did that and got a 36 on science! (I read every single passage, too:))</p>
<p>i always wondered what the best book was for the ACT...it was never really my thing.</p>
<p>Do not use Kaplan it's horrible!</p>
<p>REA does not even know the rules for the test.</p>
<p>The ACT for dummies was pretty good and I heard PR is good too</p>
<p>Princeton Review is by far the BEST book I have read for the ACT. I read about 3-4 different books. Princeton Review was the best, no doubt. I read the English and the Math part about 3 times each a week before the test, and during the test I remembered things in the book I would have normally missed.</p>
<p>I have Princeton Review sitting on my desk, and it really hasnt been used at all. But I did read the english section very quickly, and my English score went up from 25 to 28. Knowing the rules helps, and as a Math/Science/Reading guy, I was getting hurt by not knowing grammar.</p>
<p>First time:
English- 25 Math-35 Reading- 33 Science- 28
Comp-30</p>
<p>Second time:
English- 28 Math-31 (huh) Reading-28 Science-35
Comp-31</p>
<p>But scores together it is now a 33</p>
<p>Advice: Learn English Rules
Read directions carefully in math
Read the reading passages (don't just try to find key words- i tried doing this and my reading went down from 33 to 28)
Don't read science passages at all unless it is the format of:
Experimenter 1 says this....
Experimenter 2 says this....</p>
<p>And just relax...I took them last saturday as a standy-by because I woke up early and felt like taking them...I was comfortable and am confident I scored much better than the last tests</p>
<p>Go at a fast pace too!</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure you can't combine ACT scores like that. You have to take the composites.</p>
<p>Stanford only asks for you specific subscores
And I think Ivies take your different subscores.</p>
<p>I'm from the east coast and I sorta want to take the ACT? What exactly do they test on the science section? I haven't taking physics yet. Are chem and bio sufficient?</p>
<p>You don't need to know any science- you basically look at graphs and compare data
Yet, being familiar with a wide variety of science areas will cause you to be more comfortable.</p>