<p>ahh thanks I got a 36 on my first test as well,but i got everything else UNDER 30 T-T</p>
<p>thanks for the info :)</p>
<p>First time I took the ACT:
E: 29
M: 24
R: 27
S: 27
C: 27</p>
<p>Feb 09:
E: 35
M: 30
R: 36
S: 34
C: 34</p>
<p>Wow! Nice job guys!</p>
<p>I took a practice test in December 2008
E:26
M:24
R:26
S:24
C:25</p>
<p>and the real thing in Feburary 2009
E:31
M:26
R:26
S:27
C:28</p>
<p>I hope to keep moving it up! :)</p>
<p>I went from 31 to 32. Not a huge increase, but my essay score increased by 3 points so I was happy I retook it. I bought the Princeton Review SAT reading & writing section review book and practiced writing essays with the sample prompts they have in there. It helped on my SAT even more than my ACT.</p>
<p>I went from 28-29, but my essay and reading went down while my science, writing, and math went up. So I’m aiming for a thirty next year. :)</p>
<p>What are the chances of a 30 to a 32?</p>
<p>February Test
E: 32
M: 31
R: 30
S: 27</p>
<p>April Test?
E: 34
M: 32
R: 31
S: 29</p>
<p>Heh what are the chances of a 22-32? I’ve already taken my math and english scores where they need to be. I hope in the next week I can do the same for science and reading.</p>
<p>I do have the whole week off so if I sacrifice a lot of sleep and prep all day long I might be able to pull it off.</p>
<p>Dec 08:
Comp 24</p>
<p>Real ACT Practice test 1 (february, totally cold): 27
Real ACT Practice test 2 (some prep): 28
Real ACT Practice test 3 (some more prep): 30
A real test from 2005: taking in a few days
April 4 National Test: hoping for 30+
April 22 State Mandated test: Hoping for +1 from April 4
June National Test: Hopefully won’t have to take it unless desperate.</p>
<p>Yeah that’s my timeline/goal list, not that any of you guys care i just kind of wanted to see it in writing for myself and possibly add to this thread by providing an example?</p>
<p>Increases aren’t big for everyone…</p>
<p>First time I took it (with 2 practice tests before it I think) 28
Took it again after 20 or so practice tests 29</p>
<p>Don’t expect working hard will get you the score you want. I think it’s a thing where everyone’s got a celing and they just won’t do better than it no matter how hard they try.</p>
<p>Did your scores increase dramatically with each practice test though?</p>
<p>I had a 26 in math and a 24 in english on the February test. I did a bunch of practice tests in the SAT math Blue book. With each test I’d review over what I had wrong, and then the next thing I knew my 500s were becoming 720s and 740s. Then I took PR Math tests, made a 26 and a 28 on both. Went over what I had wrong. Took 2 Real ACT Tests and got a 34 and a 32 in math. Took 2 Barron’s math tests. Got a 26 and 23 on both of those. Then I took like 2-3 PR 1296 Math tests and scored 29s on all of them.</p>
<p>For English I did somewhat of the same process and I am making 30s and 31 (always miss 5-6 questions >_<)</p>
<p>This seems weird because this took me a matter of days to do. I hope these increases are the real deal. Now I am devoting this entire week to prepping up for ACT since I am off of school. I am gonna have to sacrifice some sleep but it will all be worth it if I get a 32+.</p>
<p>Most of my increases in scores on practice tests were rather minor. It didn’t really seem to increase based on more practice, and most were in the 28-30 range.</p>
<p>Hey, sorry for the late reply!!
Well to put it bluntly, at the end of my sophomore year, I suddenly had an ambition to go to an Ivy League school. Also, not trying to brag, but I’m ranked 1st in my class and I was thinking “wow, these scores are NOT what 1st in class should get”, so I started to work my butt off xD</p>
<p>But anyways, I’ll try to give you my best advice
Generally, the main constraint on ACT is the time limit. Many people can obtain way higher scores, it’s just the limit the time puts. I basically bought/borrowed ACT prep books of different kinds, whether people said it was difficult (Barron’s for example) or if it was moderate (Real ACT) - though I can’t guarantee what everyone says is true. Every little practice sessions I took eventually accumulated to rewarding results; I’m still practicing right now. So yes, I think best way to do it is to keep practicing and practicing, so you’ll adapt to the test format and feel comfortable during the actual test day and also to the point when you won’t feel pressured by time as much as you used to.</p>
<p>Which section are you struggling the most on?? PM me and I’ll try to give advice on specific factors such as which problems throw people off or certain recurring patterns.</p>
<p>Hope that helps!</p>