<p>While practicing with the ACT, I found it hard to read the whole passage due to how much time I usually have. Towards the end, I would have only five minutes with a lot of questions left. I have to guess on some of the answers to finish on time. I found that some of the answers for the science section have to do with reading the paragraphs closely, but there is barely enough time. Is it worth it?</p>
<p>No. Only on the conflicting viewpoints one.</p>
<p>Would you just scan it then?</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s what I would do.</p>
<p>Just choose the method with which you feel most comfortable with. Take a few practice tests and use the “scan then answer” method, take a few practice tests with the “read the whole thing then answer” method, and take a few practice tests with the “go to the questions directly and use the graphs to answer them” method. Experiment with these and see which one you like the best. If none of them are working for you, make up your own method.</p>
<p>Ok thanks. :D</p>
<p>I only read the fighting scientist one. Otherwise I scanned and bubbled. Let’s see how it turns out. >.<</p>
<p>I always read the first paragraph, then quickly skim the rest.</p>
<p>i just go straight to the question without even looking at anything. You really do not have enough time to read, except for the conflicting views.</p>
<p>(It’s threads like this that make me feel lucky that I get “triple time” on the ACT 
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<p>Anyway… yeah, I would skip right to the questions. If there are graphs, I would glance at them. The questions on the science section seem to point to you where to go to find the answers…</p>
<p>Read the conflicting opinions passage one (since there are no charts for that anyways), and just skim the others as needed. It will save you a lot of time, and your score will benefit from missing a few details as opposed to guessing on a lot of questions due to time constraints. :P</p>
<p>Sure, if you want raise let’s say a 20 to a 25, you might want to skip the passages.</p>
<p>For those of us wanting to score 34+… at least skimming the passages is recommended.</p>