<p>Just got a 29 on an English practice test!!</p>
<p>My goal is a 32 which I think I can do. However it’s the essay I’m worried about. I’ve never written an SAT/ACT type essay before.</p>
<p>Ugh it is SO frustrating! I literally always get a 36 on English and reading and in the 30s for math but then science just absolutely rapes me because I can’t keep focus…</p>
<p>i keep getting 33/32/31 on everything which makes me nervous since i dont know if i can keep everything in that range for saturday! i think im just giving up and winging it from this point on and if i need to retake it in september i will study over the summer</p>
<p>^ same here… I’m going to keep practicing for the reading and science though…</p>
<p>I’m planning on bringing my wrist watch to the ACT Saturday. It has a count-up clock. However, it lets out a very small chirp each hour, with no way to disable that.</p>
<p>Should I stick with the wrist watch or should I bring a stop watch???</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Those looking for free practice exams, here are 3 from the ACT:
<a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/pdf/preparing.pdf[/url]”>http://www.act.org/aap/pdf/preparing.pdf</a>
<a href=“http://www.collegetidbits.com/tools/preparing-for-the-act.pdf[/url]”>http://www.collegetidbits.com/tools/preparing-for-the-act.pdf</a>
<a href=“http://www.sdcoe.net/lret/avid/act/PreparingforACT.pdf[/url]”>http://www.sdcoe.net/lret/avid/act/PreparingforACT.pdf</a></p>
<p>And 3 more free ones from sparknotes.com:
[SparkNotes:</a> ACT: Test Center](<a href=“http://testprep.sparknotes.com/testcenter/act/]SparkNotes:”>http://testprep.sparknotes.com/testcenter/act/)</p>
<p>I hope these help. I’m going to use them when I’m out of practice exams in the ACT red book.</p>
<p>I Really Need Help on the Reading Section.</p>
<p>I have been taking practice tests out of the red real act book and so far I’ve been doing terrible on the reading section.</p>
<p>Can anyone help me with this? Any tips or strategies and just how I can really improve my score.</p>
<p>Also this is my first time taking the ACT (with writing), so strategies please but especially on the Reading Section.</p>
<p>my experience with reading has been that there will almost always be direct, concrete evidence in the text. what i do is i read (take notes in the margins, short one-three word summaries), answer the questions, and then go back and try to FIND the answers in the text. the ACT is NOT pulling the answers out of their butt, even if it really seems like it.</p>
<p>in other news, i am freaking out about the writing.
i got a 36 on science/math, 35 on english, and a 34 on reading (bleh)
but my writing was an 8.
and i can write. i know i can, my english teacher says i can, the SAT says i can, but the ACT prompts are just horrible 
-rant over-</p>
<p>Just took my final practice test before this saturday.
Composite - 30
English - 29
Math - 34
Reading - 28
Science - 29</p>
<p>Although I got my goal of a 30, I’m still worried I won’t be able to pull it off this saturday. I don’t know if I’ll be able to replicate the 29 on English. Also, eventhough I know I can get a 36 on math, I’m worried that I’ll make stupid mistakes and my score will suffer. Ugh, so much pressure.</p>
<p>Hello, everyone,</p>
<p>I’m new here (just made an account yesterday) and I just wanted to give my greetings.</p>
<p>I too am taking the June ACT this Saturday.</p>
<p>@xjgege I’d have to disagree with you. I believe that the ACT prompts are pretty straightforward compared to the SAT’s Writing section. The SAT prompts are way too broad, whereas the ACT presents a simple conflict. I think the challenge with the ACT is trying to overcome your own perspective- what I mean is that you may not generate adequate content for your essay because what you think is the right side isn’t the same as knowing WHY the other side may be better. In short, simply choose the persepctive that you can write more about- even if you don’t agree with that side. I can’t stand SAT prompts, some are gifts and others are just terrible! That’s why I like the ACT, the format is constant overall.</p>
<p>Thanks for the practice exams Stew!</p>
<p>Good luck to all! Unfortunately, however, I haven’t been able to study AT ALL due to final exams…</p>
<p>do you guys have any tips for taking the writing section? It’ll be my 2nd time taking the ACT, but the 1st with writing, & I want at least an 8, hopefully a 10.</p>
<p>I got a 10 the first time. It’s really not bad. Just have a good intro with <em>thesis</em>, solid support in your paragraphs, making sure to include evidence an personal anecdotes, and lastly, a conclusion that basically restates your thesis.</p>
<p>Oh, you should also have a short rebuttal of the opposing view in one of your body paragraphs</p>
<p>so for the essay, what type of examples would you use? i find that ACT essay topics can’t use the same like lit/sci/hist examples like the SAT. so what would you use?</p>
<p>Are the practice questions on the site good indicators of how we’ll you’ll do?
I just lieterally answered every single question right.</p>
<p>Kliseong, use anything that would support your argument that you’ve read in literature or heard on the news. You can use personal anecdotes or you an just make up random facts based on a random study in order to prove your point. They don’t check for the legitimacy of your example; they just want to see of you can make an argument</p>
<p>Good luck to all those taking the ACT tomorrow! :)</p>
<p>Hey guys, I fnished all the tests from the red book. I am thinkning about doing practice tests from McGraw Hills 10 ACT tests what do you guys think? How does it compare with the actual red book? (Close enough)? Plus anyone want to please refresh me on “Conditional statement questions” (If…then). I miss those every time.</p>
<p>I know I’m capable of getting a perfect score on the science with a good test and a good day… I’m hoping for (realistically) 33 science, 30 math, 30 reading, 29 English for a 31 composite.</p>
<p>I’ll probably brush over some grammar tonight, my english tends to be my lowest section consistently</p>