<p>So, I barely know anything about the ACT and I will take a practice one tomorrow made by PR in my school.</p>
<p>Some questions</p>
<p>-Best review books?<br>
-Why is it that one section is like 12 points.. how is it averaged with the 4 36 pt sections?
-I fail in CR for the SAT, how will I do for the ACT
-What's science like??
-Curves?
-How long is it?
-Um.. anything else I should know</p>
<p>Also, when are the ACTs administered?</p>
<p>Questions go from easy to hard?</p>
<p>From what I know and from this site is. It’s broken up into parts. Learn the time limits and tips. I hear Princeton Review for Cracking down the ACT is good. Also take a lot of practice test.</p>
<p>-Best review books? Barron’s hands down. I went from a 27 to 29 pretty easily with just 5 question reviews every day for less than a month. I also increased my math section score by 2 points. Science by 7 points [21–>28]
-Why is it that one section is like 12 points… how is it averaged with the 4 36 pt sections? You mean the writing? That’s on a 12 point scale, yes. It is averaged in with your Writing score [writing is also avail on the non-writing ACT test] and you get an averaged Reading/Writing score. That’s not averaged into anything. The four sections averaged in are: Reading [tests reading comprehension], Writing [tests on grammar/rhetorical devices] , Science, Math. The essay is good for schools to see how well you can construct an essay, but if you ask me, ACT readers are one step away from being total crackheads.
-I fail in CR for the SAT, how will I do for the ACT? I couldn’t say. I found the Reading and Writing to be both a breeze [I had about a 630 on the SAT CR and a 33 on ACT if that provides any kind of scale], but for most people, the time constraint is killer. 75 questions in 45 minutes…? That’s kinda tough.
-What’s science like? …As long as you read the passages you should be OK. I did not concentrate the first time around and got a 21. Then I actually concentrated and pulled a 28 [with prep] the next time.
-Curves? Generous on science sometimes, notsomuch on the Reading/Writing/Math.
-How long is it? I believe it is a little over 3 hours, and about 4 hours including the Writing. A little shorter than the SAT.</p>
<p>How many sections of each are there?</p>
<p>You mentioned a 45 minute section… sounds rough man… hopefully theres only one of them per section?</p>
<p>Thanks btw.</p>
<p>How many questions are in each section? CAn someone show me the usual curves for each?</p>
<p>like example: math x questions
-1 36
-2 35
-3 35
-4 34</p>
<p>etc.</p>
<p>Curve for English and Math are 99% of the time:
-0 36
-1 35
-2 34
and so on</p>
<p>Reading and Science have weird things, because reading sometimes helps and science sometimes hurts scores.
Reading:
Sometimes it is -0 or -1 is a 36, then -2 is a 35, -3 is a 34, and so on
But… for February ACT, we had -0 is 36, -1 is a 35, -2 is a 34</p>
<p>Science is 75% of the time
-0 36
-1 34
-2 33
-3 32 and so on.
For February, the science curve was
-0 36
-1 35
-2 33
-3 32 and so on.</p>
<p>“But… for February ACT, we had -0 is 36, -1 is a 35, -2 is a 34”</p>
<p>How do u know -1 wasnt a 36?</p>
<p>lol you think one 45 min section is rough? this is the breakdown</p>
<p>45 min
60 min
35 min
35 min
30 min</p>
<p>^olleger, which section corresponds to each time?</p>
<p>thanks guys</p>
<p>I’m basing the curve that I came up wiht off of the fact that I asked this a few days back.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/868491-official-act-results-febuary-10-a-4.html#post1064157979[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/868491-official-act-results-febuary-10-a-4.html#post1064157979</a></p>
<p>Also, -1 is a 36 only when the reading section is tough. From the scores I’ve seen on CC, it seems like there were quite a lot of high reading scores (many 34+s)</p>
<p>how many questions per each section also - breakdown will be highly appreciated</p>
<p>The site has a lot of stuff. </p>
<p>[ACT</a> Test Prep : Description of the ACT Test](<a href=“http://www.actstudent.org/testprep/descriptions/index.html]ACT”>http://www.actstudent.org/testprep/descriptions/index.html)</p>
<p>Awesome! Thanks.</p>
<p>How many practice tests does Red book / Barrons / PR have?</p>
<p>For the SAT (of which I have much knowledge from browsing the forum) only the Collegeboard book is recommended because it has tests made by ETS, whereas the other companies are only bad mimics. Does this not apply to the ACT?</p>
<p>If you’ve never looked at ACT science before…</p>
<p>On the real test, it’s scary. It’s pretty freaking scary. They give you a complicated experiment with all this stuff you don’t need and you have to sift through and find the data/reasoning they want. The most important part is to practice before so you don’t go crazy and try to fully understand the experiments. All of the above is easier said than done but so valuable.</p>
<p>I know Barron’s has an ACT Math and Science book, that might be helpful. Though to freshmen and sophomores I would encourage waiting (if you can) until they hopefully come out with a new-and-improved second edition.</p>
<p>RE: science
I have the Barron’s ACT book and their science section helped me a lot…plus with help from the Red Book, (only on practice tests) my science score has jumped up tremendously!
So I second practice=improvement…and not just sections but the whole thing.</p>
<p>
Every section is 36 points. Composite is average of all four subjects.</p>
<p>You can do well on the ACT reading and not the SAT if memorizing vocabulary is not your star skill. </p>
<p>Science is the hardest section arguably.</p>
<p>Oh, and no, I don’t think the questions go from easy to hard. And no penalty for wrong answers.</p>
<p>Eh…I’d say that it’s safe to take non-ACT-sanctioned tests. As long as it’s properly timed, because IIRC the ACT is supposed to be harder to take within the time limit.</p>
<p>It’s weird with the ACT. I know what you mean by the BB being the best and the only that should be used for SAT. But, Barron’s is really good. The Red Book from the ACT is obviously good too, but they only had the Barron’s available in my library.
The hardest section is definitely noooot science -_-. Reading I would say, generally speaking, because it makes the most sence that it’s the hardest. Those are a ton of questions for such a short time limit if you’re not a fast reader/comprehend…er. :P</p>