<p>So im a junior right now. I am currently studying for the SAT with the Blue book and PR but am thinking about starting to study for the ACT.</p>
<p>I took the ACT at the end of 9th grade and scored a 24. When I took the PLAN at the beginning of 10th grade, I scored roughly the same (it predicted my score from 24-27).</p>
<p>Now here is my problem. When I took the ACT in 9th grade, I actually studied and used the Real ACT book and PR and took all the tests in them. But, what i did not do was thouroghly review the answers of the practice tests.</p>
<p>Now, I need to start preparing again for the ACT to take this year. Should I take the Practice tests from the Real ACT guide and PR again?? Should I get some other books (if so, which ones)? I am aiming for a 33.</p>
<p>please give some advice....</p>
<p>if you did not mark in your books and if it’s been about a year since you took them, i say take them again AND get other books (like kaplan and barron’s – which are both harder [barron’s is the hardest])… i retook my real act book stuff a year after i took it the first time, and really, i didn’t remember any of it from my first time taking it (some people do, some don’t… take one, and if it seems familiar to you, then don’t waste your time on it)</p>
<p>thanks. hopefully i dont remmeber it because im pretty sure the real ACt guide is a good indicator of the score. Is there anyway i can get released ACT exams?</p>
<p>i’m not quite sure.. there is one online at actstudent (dot) org… it is divided into each passage here, but an entire test is on here with 75 english, 60 math, 40 reading, and 40 science questions… there is alsoa pdf file on this site that has a full test within it as well (on page 14 and on).. check them both out:</p>
<p>on actstudent (dot) org — [ACT</a> Test Prep : Sample Tests](<a href=“ACT Test Prep | ACT”>ACT Test Prep | ACT)</p>
<p>pdf file from same site — <a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/pdf/preparing.pdf[/url]”>http://www.act.org/aap/pdf/preparing.pdf</a></p>
<p>thanks…do u think studying for the SAT will help significantly for the ACT??
becasue i have heard from some people…</p>
<p>I’m not exactly sure.. the SAT tests you differently than the ACT.. i mean, it could help a little, but it wouldn’t help as much as if you were to study from an ACT-related book</p>
<p>i mean i heard many times that the CR and writing helps with the English, reading and science because the passages are relatively the same length. So i would guess it will help me some way.</p>
<p>Any suggestions when I should give my ACT?</p>
<p>i have the PSATs in October. Should i give it after that? How much should i study for it?</p>
<p>it could help in that aspect.. in terms of the math sections, though, i wouldn’t cross SAT-ACT studying for that… but studying the CR and writing sections on the SAT could help you out for english and reading on the ACT (maybe science, perhaps in terms of timing)</p>
<p>i studied a lot for my ACT on my last go-around and got a 35 (i studied about 6 hours a day for 5 days, so it was pretty exhausting… but it worked).. i would recommend at least a couple of hours a day for the ACT</p>
<p>^Umm, how exactly did you study during those 6 hours and for 5 days?</p>
<p>i had a lot of practice tests, and i went through all of them over the course of those 5 days.. and looked at the wrong answers and saw why they were wrong and even looked at the right ones to make sure my reasoning was right to get the correct answer</p>
<p>I’d just like to say that using SAT Math prep could be beneficial to your math scores on the ACT.</p>
<p>Sometime back in July some guy came on here and shared how he jumped from an 18 to a 31, and for math he said he spent a lot of time doing all the math tests in the Blue book for the SAT. He claimed that it made his mind recognize all the tricks that math problems can play on you. After doing that and mastering those kinds of problems he basically went from mid 20 math scores to mid 30 math scores. I think he might have made a perfect in math when he took the test again.</p>
<p>I know the ACT isn’t a tricky test but apparently if you practice that math enough the ACT math should be a breeze. Combine that with Real ACT, Red Book, Kaplan, and Barron’s if you want and you should be more than ready to kick the ACT’s ass.</p>
<p>i did the real act (which is the red book), kaplan, barron’s, and some online tests (and mcGraw-hill, but those were more for some fast practice).. the blue book for the SAT could work too.. yodadacoda is right - it’ll get your math mind around all the tricks of the SAT, and since there aren’t as many tricks on the ACT math, then you’ll be extra prepped</p>
<p>Yeah. It is better to be over prepared than to be under prepared.</p>
<p>very true (that’s why I would use Barron’s… that is such a hard book, but it’ll make the real thing seem easier)</p>
<p>so for the ACT prep should i start with Barrons…? then move on to Kaplan, PR, and Real Guide?</p>
<p>What are the ultimate best prep books?</p>
<p>i would do PR, then kaplan, then barron’s, then the real book (red book)</p>
<p>thanks peytoncline…should i study for ACT while studying for SAT since PSATs are soon but i think i might be able to do better on ACT???
or should i take it one at a time?? if so, should i give up SAT and start studying for ACT??</p>
<p>study for both, especially since PSAT is close… i didn’t study a lot for PSAT, and I got a 204 on it (the cutoff in my state for national merit semifinalist was 204, so I made it in barely… but if i had studied, i would have made at least a 215…) so yeah, study for the SAT/PSAT along with your ACT.. it’ll help your standardized testing overall along with the specific aspects of each individual test</p>