<p>im taking that act for the first time this sat.
i was just wondering, how close are princeton review's cracking the act to the actual test?</p>
<p>The strategies in PR's Cracking the ACT are some of the best you can read anywhere, and their practice drills are immensley helpful in developing strategic skills to tackle each various section of the test.</p>
<p>The practice tests in PR, however, are not official, and to a certain extent, are made to accomodate specific question type strategies the book gives you. I would suggest you take the PRs strategy and apply them to the practice tests provided in the REAL ACT prep book, or those provided online.</p>
<p>so the tests aren't good for practicing?
i don't think i can get the real act book, where can i find practice tests online?</p>
<p>act.org has practice tests, and check with your GC to see if he has any ACT information booklets; they have official practice tests in them too.</p>
<p>The PRs practice tests aren't necessarily bad, they're just not accurate. They're still worth looking over and at least studying. But for a legit practice test, go with the REAL act prep guide or the online practice tests on act.org OR on the practice test provided in the act information booklet.</p>
<p>So the Princeton Review Cracking the ACT book is mainly good for strategies and review of key subjects, etc?</p>
<p>Yep, that's my take anyway. There are some very good and effective strategies in the PR book.</p>
<p>I disagree. I LOVE the Cracking tests. They're awesome prep, best ones outside of official ones.</p>
<p>would barrons be a good one to practice on?</p>
<p>While the Princeton Review book is very informative and has helped me a great deal, a word of caution: The 2007 edition is outdated. In the September ACT, there were questions in the english section where they give you a sentence and 4 choices asking you whether the sentence should be inserted into a specific part of a paragraph or not. 2 choices were yes (with different reasons) and 2 choices were no (with different reasons as well). You had to choose the right answer (yes/no) as well as the correct reason. If I remember correctly, the Princeton Review book did not have any information/practice on these questions, so it might be better for you to find other books and look for them. I have a feeling that they were the ones that were responsible for my english score being the lowest out of all the sections on the September ACT.</p>
<p>cecils15, this should help you:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=403237%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=403237</a></p>