<p>Hello.</p>
<p>I am a junior who has a superscored 2130 SAT. I want to study for the September ACT, especially over this summer, with a goal of 35. Can someone consolidate for me review books/suggestions over these next few months, specifically 2 free months - July & August - my summer months?</p>
<p>I just need some sort of plan with books that would help me out! Please!!!</p>
<p>I am aware of the Red Book and how beneficial that is with its 5 practice tests. That is all I know though.<br>
Offer me guidance!</p>
<p>Red book obviously. Find the four freely available real act prep pdf’s online. I recommend the Barron’s ACT 36. After that, just get any book that will give you tests. Practice is the real need not books. But if the book will let you practice, you may want to get it. As for how to study, research and find the guides on here. </p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>I await other suggestions…</p>
<p>I think it’s too early to start prepping for September ACT, there isn’t enough good prep material out there to last you that long so I think it wouldn’t be beneficial to start now. Also have you taken the ACT before, if so what’d you get? Depending on how much you need to go up I’d start 2-3 months before and in this time just take a lot of practice tests. If you google you should be able to find 5 more real tests but also I’d recommend Princeton Review, Barron’s 36, Red Book, and then maybe the Barron’s practice tests but they’re a lot harder.</p>
<p>Many people believe that only taking the direct test approach works, but contrary to that I recommend you get “UP Your Score ACT: 2014-2015 Edition”. You need to understand basics like how the ACT adds trick answers for English and how to spot them right away, same with math. However, for Reading and Science straight practice works well.</p>
<ol>
<li>UP Your Score ACT: 2014-2015</li>
<li>Princeton 1296 </li>
<li>The Official ACT Prep Guide</li>
</ol>
<p>I suggest Princeton if you want a real challenge. All of their sections are much harder than the red book so practicing with them first will actually build confidence rather than destroy it.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I used the Red Book – I never took an entire practice test in one sitting, but usually worked on it by sections.
The day before the ACT, I skimmed through the Princeton Review for the ACT and found it to be helpful! Their “Process of Elimination” is at times more cumbersome than directly solving the problem but I found it to be a good refresher for some concepts, especially math.</p>
<p>Also find some CC guides on certain sections - there are some floating around that are golden.</p>
<p>I did this for about a month and I scored a 36 across the board, so I’d definitely recommend it!</p>