Need to increase my ACT scores 9 points within the next 1-2 months, any good tips? How can I do it? What study plan do I implement to my schedule? Really need help!! Thanks!! 
English (my score: 33): Study grammar rules. I’m a visual/auditory learner, so I listen to videos on Youtube about grammar rules that I don’t know and take notes at the same time. It may also help to run any previous essays you’ve written through a site like either PaperRater or Grammarly, which not only show you your errors but explain them in pretty nice detail and tell you how to fix them, that way you can focus on rules you frequently mess up on.
Reading (34): Well… read. Practice speed reading and take comprehension tests. Annotate while you read (you can google guides for annotating). Take plenty of old reading tests to get a feel for what kind of key information to look out for.
Math (28): Study key formulas. Take practice tests (that’s usually the key for improving, anyways). Make sure you remember as much as you can from late eighth grade (Pre-Algebra) until junior year (Algebra, Geometry, and Algebra II). There are a couple of Math Analysis/Calculus questions, but unless you’re shooting for a 36, missing those won’t screw you up too much.
Science (26): You guessed it- practice tests. You don’t really need any previous knowledge for the science test except maybe some basic knowledge of biology, physics, and chemistry, but otherwise all will be included in the graphs and passages. Practice tests will help you know where to look for the information and what isn’t important. The science looks the most intimidating out of all the tests, but once you know how to ignore what’s not relevant it’s a lot easier.
My first score was a 28, second time around a 30, 5 months later and with almost no studying. I’m not sure what your current score is or what your goal is so I can’t tell you how realistic it is.
honestly first: hakuna matata
I did the sat in january and did no prep for the act till about the 2 weeks leading up to the test. I ended up getting a 33 which is a pretty good score but ik u can do better with a whole month of prepping.
I would just take a bunch of practice tests from the ACT book. I would probably have started earlier but I was busy. I mainly relied on a lot of my SAT strategies from last year. Remember to start a good month or two in advance so you are not scrambling to take it at the end like me lol. .
For English: This portion I actually enjoy doing cuz I really like spotting the error (ik its kinda weird). I just know the grammar rules for this section and you can easily get better at this with practice. Repition kinda beats into your head all the grammar rules they put in. I know Act love to put a bunch of “redundancy” errors in this section
they will say something like “I told my parents about John’s problem, which needed to be solved”. Obviously the "which need to be solved part is useless to the meaning of the sentence.
Also ACT (and Sat) loves to use misused modifiers. for example, “falling from the sky, I was almost hit by a football”. When phrased as such, it sounds like you are falling from the sky. the word directly after the comma should describe the previous phrase. We would rewrite it as “falling from the sky, a football almost hi me”.
Make sure the subject and verb match. many times Act will give a subject, seperate it from the verb and then use the incorrect verb. For example, “John, who loves to hang out with friends, play baseball”. You have to disregard the comma-d phrase and change “play” to “plays”.
Time-wise, this section should be the least time-constraining because it is pretty easy and they give you a boatload of time. I know it seems like 45 minutes for 75 problems seems like a lot, but like 90% of the problems take a few second to finish.
For Math:
Math on the Act is a lot easier on the ACT because it is more straightforward, but the math is higher level math. It makes it a lot easier if you know the basice formulas for geometric shapes, for there will probably be a few questions on that during the test.
Formulas you should definitely know (there might be a few more i am not listing here)
area of triangle : A= (1/2)(bh)
Area of circle*: A= (pi)(r^2)
Circumference of a circle: A= (2)(pi)(r)
maybe area of trapezoid: (1/2)(h)(B+B) (when I say B+B, i am talking about the two bases)
*circles are SOOOOO important
know how to find the area of a sector of a circle too. The trig functions come up on every test. Know what an inverse trig function too because that can come up occasionly. The trig is really simplistic tho, so you should be fine. Make sure you are familiar with angle measures and what the mean. If you are in algebra 2 or precalc then you should know most of the math concepts very well. Remember ACT can only go to a certain math level. They cannot ask questions about calculus and stuff. they have to get a little crafty.
Important note: you should try to finish the first 40 or so questions very quickly because the questions get harder after 40. You want to save as much time for the last few questions as possible.
For Reading:
This section can be a little weird. It is basically the Sat critical reading section. You want to underline any line references (that are in the question) because those are important points.Make sure your read the little blurb before the passage starts because it might contain some important info. Ummmm… active reading is the best way to destroy the reading section. Reading can bog u down. it is important to keep on practicing this question building your mental stamina to attack these questions. The ACT, unlike the SAT, will ask really direct questions. Make sure you have textual evidence to back up your answer and you can’t be wrong. that’s really all there is to the reading section.
For Science:
This is one is the fun one lol! Science is probably gonna be the toughest section (depends on if your are “science-strong”). There is so littler time to finish this section, which is primarily data analysis. 60-70% of the questions are just data analysis. Just understand how to read the graphs and generally know what is happening in the experiment. Know what is being measured and the parts of the question. Read the description really quickly so you can have as much time to finish the questions. know the relationships between the data. Save the conflicting scientists passage for last because it is the hardest section. Make sure you remeber to skip the corresponding bubble otherwise it could be disastoruous. For me, this was my worst section. During the practice tests, I would get 28-35 and then I got a 29 on the actual ACT.
General ACT pointers-
-Always guess if you can because the ACT does not deduct points for wrong answers
- use REAL ACT stuff. You don’t have to buy the actual ACT books. here are some good links that have free ACT practice test that have been released or are in the red book.
http://www.actquantum.com/
http://www.powerscore.com/sat/help/content_practice_tests.cfm (ik it says SAT but it has some ACT practice tests)
(p.s. if you don’t trust these links, that is perfectly fine. I completely understand, for my dad works in information security. Simply google “real/released ACT tests” and you should find it.
- also there are plenty of ACT help guides on Youtube and here on CC
for CC this guide is fantastic:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/1722783-act-tips-tricks-secrets-and-experiences-from-a-first-time-36er.html
for youtube, “HERE” tutoring is fantastic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8euL7Z8FVL4
Just go through all his videos because he explains a lot of things that I can’t explain very well.
- look at your local public library, because your library could have the red book. then, you can just right out your answers on a separate answer sheet. I actually bought an old red book at my local library for like a dollar.
good luck!!!
thank you so much :)!!! greatly appreciated and will use!!! good looks!