<p>I got a 31 on my first ACT in April, and I really want to get a 33. I got the 1,296 ACT practice questions book and have been doing a section every day. I started out with the first practice test, doing a different section every day, understanding my mistakes, and then taking a break for a day after all four sections. I then did the 3 practice english sections, one a day for three days, and then took another one day break. I am currently in the reading section and am planning to do the same for the rest of the sections (there are 3 tests for each section), and then take two more days to do the remaining practice tests, each one a day. Should I keep doing this for the remaining practice sections/tests, or is this the wrong way to go about it? </p>
<p>Thanks, you too!! Do you feel that the two a day helps you improve more, or do you not know? For me, doing one section a day allows me to focus more on the mistakes and what i did wrong, and I can still enjoy my summer :)</p>
<p>1 section a day should be sufficient. Lets you absorb your mistakes and learn from them, and hey, gives you an extra hour or 2 a day compared to doing 2 sections a day!</p>
<p>How much are you guys improving? I feel like my results are getting a bit better but for the most part staying the same. Sometimes they go up with one test, and then down maybe just a little bit on another.</p>
<p>Also does anybody have any good strategies for the reading, this is definitely most difficult for me to improve upon.</p>
<p>NYJ3TSFAN–same for me. I finished all the reading & english practice and I have taken the past few days off because I have been sick, and they have been the first three days I’ve been home this whole summer! </p>
<p>For reading, just read the passage and don’t even glance at the questions, or let anything distract you. When you start the questions, answer the ones that you already know without having to look back at the passage. After that, go back and work through the rest of the questions as best and fast as you can. Give yourself a 8 minute 45 second time limit for each section so that you can get through all the sections, and then go back to the ones that you didn’t finish if you finish others early. I have read more this summer than I have during any other summer in high school, and I think that really helped my comprehension–just reading books as much as I can</p>
<p>maybe thats the key. I read the passage fully and then tried the questions in order no matter if i was sure of the answer or not. Now I’ll def try the ones i know first thanks. And now I have to read a lot anyway for the next 2 weeks before school starts for summer reading so this should be good. thanks for you help!</p>
Actually, an opposite method worked for me. I usually read a few paragraphs at a time and look through the questions to see if I can answer any that are directly in the paragraphs I’ve just read. After all, your memory can easily deceive you. I’ve been finishing practice official Reading sections with about 4 minutes to spare and consistently getting 35-36 on them so I would say my strategy works.</p>