<p>my dec. act is coming up soon and my practice tests scores are as follows:
English: 32
Math: 32
Reading: 31
Science: 20</p>
<p>i know this is beyond horrible but i just don't get where i'm going wrong. I'm actually good in science (bio and chem) but when it comes from analyzing it on the ACT i end up doing really badly. any advice?</p>
<p>i would say you try the strategy of looking at the questions, and then going back to the data for answers</p>
<p>im not the best in science either but i do pretty well, so maybe you can read the paragraphs and go to the questions then straight to the graphs provided.</p>
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<p>look at the questions then go back to the actual passages or diagrams to find the answers instead of reading everything (unless it is absolutely necessary to read)</p>
<p>About the reading q’s first and then going back to the passage…I found this approach discouraging. Instead, I take 2-3 minutes to read and UNDERSTAND the science passage (which I was scoring in the low 20’s) and THEN answer the q’s. This way I got a 28. Not 30, though, but better than before! You just have to find out if you are better at reading then answering or just browsing it after looking at the q’s. This also brought up my reading from 26 to 32.</p>
<p>Don’t panic if you don’t understand stuff</p>
<p>When I panicked, I got 26</p>
<p>After learning to calm down, I got 33.</p>
<p>I remember that knowing general concepts and formulas of physics and chemistry can help with answering questions without ever referring to the passage. I was able to do this for 3-4 questions the last time I took the ACT, and it helped me with time (usually a problem in Reading and Science sections for me).</p>
<p>Mabsjenbu is right… Just relax and have good time management.
I’m also working on my science section right now. I’m using the red book, so I really hope it helps.
Science right now is the worst for me (it’s kind of ironic since I am really good with not-act-science), this is the only section I get below a 30…</p>
<p>I achieved a near perfect score in science without any kind of prep. just by not over-thinking the questions, especially all of the charts and graphs. I would read the short student experiment passages first and then go to the questions but for other things it’s easier to see what the questions are going to ask before being overwhelmed by over- complicated graphs.</p>