<p>I got a 25 the first time I took it, and then in June I got a 27. I was really discouraged because I was certain that I would get a 32. :( But I guess I didn't work hard enough. Here is my breakdown,</p>
<p>For English, I guess I'm not comfortable with the rules yet? Any suggestions of what book I can buy that has all the grammar rules that I can go over would be cool. I have PR, so other suggestions are great.
Math, I dunno. I'm in calculus so I'm using these skills every day just fine. Maybe what book has the best strategies or review things? thanks.
Reading, how can I get rid of the little mistakes? Any ideas are welcome.
Science, I just messed up. I was getting 34s on practice tests a week before, so I don't know what happened.</p>
<p>I am taking the test again in December. It's my LAST chance for schools, I'm a senior, so I will spend ALL of winter break studying for this test. Any suggestions or success stories are really wanted, I'm sort of losing hope but I won't quit until I can't fight anymore. Thanks for the help everyone.</p>
<p>Sparknotes has a lot of good grammar rules to learn.</p>
<p>RED book has a lot of mathematical concepts to review.</p>
<p>Never ever try to predict your scores before you ever receive them… It destroys your self-esteem if you don’t meet expectations… Be confident but never be that confident…</p>
<p>First time I took the ACT I got a 24, now I have a 32 atm. When I took the test at the time before I got my 32 I didn’t think I would ever get above a 28 (my previous highscore). But I was determined to kick some ass. You gotta have the motivation and a fairly calm demeanor. Make sure you get enough sleep the night before and are not sick (my score dropped to a 31 when I was sick and took it). Eat a good breakfast.</p>
<p>Okay, I’ll go over math with the Red book and read up on sparknotes. Do they have a book form of the sparknotes at barnes and nobles? i’d rather have that than printed worksheets.
And yeah, I wish i wasn’t as confident going into it, i guess I was too confident that’d i’d do that amazingly just by walking in and taking the test. Hopefully i can get my math up to a mid thirty ( act range mid thirty) and also my english. Are these two sections really hard to improve on? like do you think i can do it by december?</p>
<p>The easiest test to improve on is English, its just a matter of knowing the rules.
Second easiest is math, which isn’t as black and white as English. Reading and science are the toughies. You either get them or you don’t. I think if you read up on grammar rules in the PR or Sparknotes the night before, then you’ll be fine. And then spend the week before your test just doing practice math sections and going over each answer to confirm that you know why you made your mistakes.</p>
<p>Thanks aMak, I am going to try to do all that stuff this week too. Maybe make some flash cards on when to use semicolon,colon, comma, etc. And then keep going over math. </p>
<p>And Thank you SuperiorTestPrep. I am going to try to do the rules, but I can’t do the one about reading it out loud. Here is my problem. As it says in my other posts, I’m half hispanic and to be honest my dad is like a workaholic so I only really converse with my mom( my brother’s at UCLA so I don’t ever see him either) so I hear a lot of poor grammar all the time so I have grown accustom to it. So that section where Princeton Review says “these are the problems you have to trust your ear because that’s just how you say it” i get those ones wrong, because i hear them wrong all the time. So how can I fix this? It’s kind of an uncommon problem I guess.</p>
<p>Reading lots of articles, newspapers, or school-assigned novels that have proper grammar can help you get accustomed to know what looks/sounds right from wrong. This obviously wouldn’t work if you were taking the ACT tomorrow (like I am), but since you are taking it in December you have plenty of time. Good luck!</p>
<p>AHhh!!! I’m taking it tomorrow too! I took it twice already and was disappointed both times. Seriously, my scores sucked. This time, I’m praying for a miracle!</p>
<p>My only suggestion is go over your tests. Look over all the correct and the incorrect answers too. It’s a foolproof way to get a grasp of the type of questions that ACT asks. </p>
<p>Also, I find it helpful to note down the time it takes for me to finish a passage for reading, science, and english. This helps me pace myself and make sure that I have enough time to work on all the passages. If I spent too much time on one passage, I can tell myself to hurry up for the others. If I have an excess of time, I’ll slow down a bit. It’s definitely helpful, even during the exam itself.</p>
<p>Princeton Review is THE best for English rules, it’s too late now but there is nothing you can do. Just relax, eat well, sleep well, and do your best</p>
<p>Okay, back to my issue. haha
Yeah, I didn’t really think about that laura, I will try doing that. hopefully with the amount of reading I have to do increasing at an alarming rate ( haha) I will hopefully be able to touch up on this section.</p>