<p>English-20
Math-30
reading-22
science-24.
English is my second language, so it kind explains my english score.
I really need a composite of 30. Has anyone raised their score from a 24 to 30 before?
Please give me some advices. THANK YOU SO MUCH!</p>
<p>I went from a 21 to a 28! My english went from 22-31 and reading from 21-32.
You can do it.
Do you have access to ACT review books?</p>
<p>@kansaskid1 Yes, I do. I have brought the red book and the princeton review book. How long did you study to raise your score? </p>
<p>The key to the ACT is English Reading Comprehension Speed. If you have trouble with english, things will not be good.</p>
<p>Yes, have faith and work hard. I went from a 26 to a 30.</p>
<p>@fightACT</p>
<p>This is what I do:</p>
<p>I take one timed section per night 4 nights per week. I try to take a full test on the weekends. I have swim team now so that is hard for me.</p>
<p>I grade each section.</p>
<p>I review only what I got wrong.</p>
<p>@mandolarian is right, the ACT is very much a reading tests. Science is a reading test in disguise. Very few questions test actual knowledge of bio, chem etc. Do not let is scare you.</p>
<p>Timing yourself is key.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>@kansaskid1 where do you get your practice tests? </p>
<p>There are a lot of different places you can get practice tests. Most of the practice books contain a few. The ones in the Real ACT book (red one) contain the most accurate questions of what an ACT test will be like, those tests are actually taken from the ACT itself.</p>
<p>Princeton Review, Barron’s, also contain a bunch. If you google online too you can find a lot of them as well.</p>
<p>I’ve gone through PR “Cracking the ACT”, the material was sufficiently helpful, but I find just doing a lot of questions and getting a feel for the tests themselves are the best way to prepare. This may be different for different people. I also have the PR 1296 questions, I try to do a timed section every night. </p>
<p>@hassanbazzi
The ACT website, and google. It took a little digging. Some school districts also have old ones.
@Ctesiphon is right, you can get 5 right out of the red ACT Book to start with.</p>
<p>ACT Quantum has an excellent site for Math.</p>
<p>@kansaskid1 and @tommyD36 you both have been helpful with practice test and math formulas. D math and reading scores has improved a lot with the practice material. What do you recommend for English? She’s getting the grammar rules mixed up. Did anyone use the Ultimate Guide for SAT grammar for the ACT? If not, what did you do? Thanks.</p>
<p>Well, I can’t really help you much for the English as my scores are arbitrary for English, which can range from 27-32. What’d I recommend is getting Barron’s ACT for English and Reading and just review them. Barron’s ACT 36 is what I’m doing so far. And as a rule of thumb, always practice using the real exams I gave you. I think you’re the one I sent a bunch to. </p>
<p>Make sure D reads the underlined portion out loud to see if it sounds and looks right. Also, for missed questions, consolidate a list of categories for them. Then review the list and explore the materials deeper. Ex: “The boys is silly.” That is subject-verb agreement. Go online or read books pertaining to subject-verb agreement. As for deeper, more specific content, D can go into collective nouns, indefinite pronouns, etc. Those also refer to s-v agreement.</p>
<p>Hope that helps to some extent.</p>
<p>Yes, that helps. Thanks again.</p>
<p>For English, find what you are missing consistently. I have tended to miss specifically comma, semicolon, dashes, but I do much better on the rhetoric based stuff. I know now to focus on the comma stuff, or punctuation in general.</p>
<p>@4cookiemonster I found the “Barron’s 36” book very helpful for English. Agree with above posters and review wrong answers.</p>