I have been using the Princeton Review’s 1296 Practice Questions book as one of the many guides for me to get a good score on the ACT when I take it in June. Now as I also have a copy of Barron’s ACT and have been using that as well, I am pretty much asking the same exact question as in my previous thread. How hard would you rate the Princeton Review tests? I think they might be a little extra easy and I’m just checking with you guys to make sure. So with 1 being SUPER easy and 5 being normal ACT level and 10 being SUPER HARD, how would you rate it? Also give me your opinions about it as it will help me out a lot.
Also, as an example score, if I got a 30 on every section in the Princeton Review where do you think it would actually be if comparing to the actual ACT.
Ok, I’ll give you my honest opinions. #1, personally, I think princeton review 1296 practice questions was terrible at preparing me to score past a 30. Luckily, I’ll tell you want you should do. Complete the barrons 36 ACT books (circle what you really didn’t know), then go over what you circled. Step 2: Gather every practice test you can ONLY FROM the makers of the ACT. Next do about 1 practice test a week under timed conditions (leave only one practice test reamaining). (1 section a day = 5 days to complete and on the 6th and 7th day go over every answer, even the ones you got right.) Next, make a spread sheet with each question from each test you got wrong and when you are done with all your practice tests, make a test out of all the questions you noted on your spread sheet. Whatever you get wrong, go over and make another spreadsheet from that. Once you get everything right, complete the last practice test you have and analyze your mistakes. This will probably be closest to what you’d get on a real act if you were to take it that same day.
@HippoTeef I have not used either of these books, but if you want an actual representation of the scores you are going to receive on the real ACT, invest in the Red Book.
