<p>Alright, I will be a junior next year and I just took the 2006-2007 Practice ACT Exam. I scored a 24 (composite).</p>
<p>English: 24
Math: 26 (will take Pre-Cal/Trig next year)
Reading: 20 (this needs to go up for sure)
Science: 26 (I consider this good since people get 23s from what I hear)</p>
<p>I would like to get at least a 28 but I would prefer a 30 or more. I will get the Red Book for sure but I'm undecided for another one or two books.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input.</p>
<p>Also, I took the test untimed if that is significant.</p>
<p>You have some work to do... Math score probably won't go up too much because there is no math harder than trig. The other ones are just hard to raise the scores. I'd advise you to buy red book, PR cracking the act (don't follow reading tips in PR) use Kaplan or sparknotes tips instead for reading.</p>
<p>YES. NEVER EVER USE PR's method for reading. I got such a low score... it killed my composite. I HATE PR!!!!</p>
<p>bump??? 10</p>
<p>bump???</p>
<p>Is 1296 ACT Questions by PR any good?</p>
<p>Bump 10char</p>
<p>I don't know about any prep books because i did not use any other than the red book, but I will say that if you took the test untimed, then expect a significant drop in you reading and science scores.</p>
<p>Those sections are, in my opinion the 2 easiest sections on the test. The thing that makes those sections the lowest scoring ones for most people is the time pressure. For reading, you must finish reading each essay and answering the 10 questions in 8:45. The same goes for science. 40 questions in 35 mins is not easy.</p>
<p>I think you should take another test under timed conditions to see where you truly stand, because your scores are probably inflated right now.</p>
<p>Other than that, you should buy the books that killersdeat suggested and just practice as often as you can. You have quite a challenge to achieve your goal of 30+, bu it is doable. An extra year of learning will help, but there are not too many new concepts that you will learn that will improve your score.</p>
<p>To get the 30+, you can only miss 1/3 of the questions that you are currently missing in each section, other than the math. If you take into account the inevitable couple of questions that you will have no idea how to do, there will be little room for error. I suggest you get as many practice tests as you can, even if they are inaccurate. Save the real ACT tests for last and practice on everything else first.</p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/542159-how-i-went-18-31-one-year.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/542159-how-i-went-18-31-one-year.html</a>
And that thread looks helpful. I didn't read through the whole thing, but you should look into it.</p>
<p>I don't think it's even out yet, but I could be mistaken. I would assume they would be pretty accurate, because of PR's success with their book, Cracking the ACT.</p>