<p>Hey CCers!
So I took the ACT in April and I was generally happy with it. I was shooting for a 33 or higher, but I ended up with only a 31 composite due to my reading. My subscores are as follows:
English 35: 18 Usage/Mechanics, 16 Rhetorical Skills
Math 32: 17 Pre-algebra, 15 Algebra, 18 Plane Geometry
Reading 23: 13 Sciences, 11 Arts
Science 35
I was happy with my science and english scores. Math was a little low for me (I averaged a 34 or 35 on practice tests), but reading was horrendous! I have never come close to scoring this low on a reading section. On practice tests I scored as high as a 32, and when I felt like I did horribly on a section I still got a 27 (my previous lowest reading score). I did not feel like the reading section was very hard. I have no idea how I scored this low. I was also able to answer every question (although I did rush to finish the last section). Does anyone have an idea about why I may have scored so poorly? I am planning on retaking the ACT in the fall and I am hoping for a 34. Also I only did a couple practice tests the few days before this ACT to prepare. Please post tips to help me improve my reading score. What strategies worked for you? How did you improve your score? Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>Can someone please answer me? :(((</p>
<p>Thanks for that! I’ll try it with my AP Bio textbook because all of its sections have that. Anything else you would recommend? Do you think it is possible that I miss bubbled? I have honestly never come close to getting such a bad reading score.</p>
<p>I feel you: I got 18/15 sub-subscores for English, which gave me a 33, but the scores which I thought would be closely correlated (English and Reading) were actually the opposite; I got a 24 on reading!</p>
<p>I got a 36 on the reading section. Mostly it is about how fast you can read. Also, practice practice practice! Also once you get to a section i would recommend just briefly scanning the stories to see which are more interesting to you, start with the most interesting and then go from there. That way the ones that you could easily get out of the way you can answer correctly, and spend more time on the harder stories!</p>