<p>I'm currently a junior hoping to get into Texas A&M and will be applying this summer. I took the ACT the summer before my junior year and got a 26. Assuming I would improve greatly, I took it again early in April and got a 26 as well. I was less than pleased to say the least, and I just took it again for my school last week. I need to get a 28 to have a good chance of getting into A&M; I feel a 26 is too low.</p>
<p>I seem to have the hardest time on the reading. My highest English has been a 28, Math 27, Reading 24, and Science 27. It seems to fluxuate. </p>
<p>I have a Kaplan book, but that is not helping my reading score. Anyone have any advice for me to improve just two or three points? </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>start reading more, kaplan is bad I would use the red book or Princeton review books</p>
<p>Kaplan book brought my score from a 29 to a 33</p>
<p>Are you saying if I got a different one like the red book/PR I could get a 35/36?</p>
<p>I mean, the Kaplan book seems like it tells you all the stuff you need to do. I’m just wondering if anyone has any tips from personal experience on how to get my reading score up. The reading is the reason my ACT score sucks.</p>
<p>I got a 26 comp my first time and went up to a 30 comp the 2nd time without really changing anything in terms of extra study, practice tests, etc. I think there’s a lot to be said about having experience and having already taken it once, but other than that just be confident, and STAY RELAXED. What I did for the reading section the second time was I didn’t waste time actually reading the sections. Go to the questions, identify key phrases/terms in the questions, then look for those terms in the essays. It saves time if you look at the questions then go back and skim the reading for the answers. I went from a 24 in reading my first time to a 29 the second time so it worked for me anyway.</p>