<p>As a typical "Lit person", I tend to breeze through English and Reading on standardized tests and struggle with Math and Science - particularly with the time limit. This really brought down my ACT score: I got a 36 on both English and Reading, but 31 on math and 29 on science, so a composite of 33. I'm taking the test again in April, so does anyone have study strategies they found effective in those areas? Also, I'd appreciate some prep book suggestions that have strong math/science sections. </p>
<p>Haha … thanks, I am planning on drowning myself in a pile of practice tests. As for tips, honestly I’d say just read a lot, because then even if you don’t know all the grammar rules you can sense when something just “sounds” right - and I think to some extent English just comes naturally to me. Math/science on the other hand … well, I recently tried to graph an equation on my calculator and ended up converting the entire language setting to German. Enough said. =)</p>
<p>I got a 31 in math but I think it’s mainly because I’m taking two math clases as a sophomore. I am taking geometry and algebra 2 and I will take pre calc and college algebra next year. First off, do you need applications on your calc? Like solve the third side of a tria gle and etc. If you do, go to this site. Chadcargill.com and you should be able to send it infor $20.</p>
<p>I’m the opposite of you…high 30’s on math and science. Can you give me pointers on what to do to get me English and reading up? How did you get a 36? What do you do?</p>
<p>It’s hard to say if you’re not finishing the math section or if you just aren’t getting them correct from gaps in knowledge. </p>
<p>If you’re running out of time, you’re probably overthinking the problems. I got a 35 on math and I didn’t really think over what I did. Just typed it in my calc really fast from what it told me and moved on (fast typing is actually useful here). ;o Look at some of the math rules back from algebra, geomtry and algebra 2. And take more practice tests. MAth is like the only section that stays the same time and time again. Oh, if you can’t solve a problem in say 1 minute, or if you have no idea what it said from skimming it, move on. Don’t waste your time. You’ll find questions that are fairly easy at the end that you may know instead of trying to solve a question at the start.</p>
<p>Science is probably the hardest to improve, in my opinion, because of the fact that is mostly based upon your logic abilities to comprehend the information given to you.
As for math, the best way to improve is to pay attention to the questions. Most of them are really straightforward but people tend to rush. It’s usually the last few questions that are slightly harder and if you have problems with those, I suggest studying basic trig because that’s what the last few problems are usually about.</p>