PR's Reading Method... not working...

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<p>I am a little concerned. I used the PR approach for the Reading section of the ACT, and it has killed my score. I got decent high 20's and low 30's on everything else, but the Reading section - I got a 17. </p>

<p>Yeah. I know. </p>

<p>I used the PR method for the Reading, where you don't actually read the passage. (lol. probably not a good idea...)</p>

<p>There's obviously something wrong with PR's method. Anyone else experiencing the same? </p>

<p>Anyone raise their score dramatically by ditching PR's method and using their own? Thanks.</p>

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<p>i don't use PR for reading.. i don't like their strategies at all</p>

<p>i used Kaplan for reading, and it brought my reading score from a 23 up to a 34 in just a few months</p>

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<p>I took practice test a week before the June ACT and got a 29. I didn't even get to read the 4th passage and guessed on the last 10 questions. During the week, I went over what i got wrong and realized that the questions are meant to be straightforward. Many people read slowly to absorb as much info as possible. I don't. I do the opposite because every one has a limit on his/her short term memory. I speed read through the passage to get the main idea and then go back to the passage when reading the questions. I did this and got a 35 on the actual act reading section in June.</p>

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<p>I decided that I wasn't going to read the passages on the June ACT in order to save time.</p>

<p>Bad mistake...</p>

<p>I got a 22 on reading and all my other scores were in the mid/low 30's
I even got a 29 in December, but I actually read the passages that time.</p>

<p>Basically, PR's strategies suck. What PKW did is probably the most efficient way to crack the reading section.</p>

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<p>i second what PKWsurf21 said.... don't try to understand every little detail, and don't try to read slowly... that'll doom you not to finish... instead, read through the passage relatively quickly... if you don't understand a sentence or two, mark it and move on.. don't stay on it and try to figure it out.. chances are, you may not even need to know about it... this'll make the reading section a lot easier (i averaged a 23 [25, 21, and 23 were the scores] on the reading section on my first 3 ACTs.... on the last 2 ACTs, i've averaged 33 [32 and 34 were the scores] on the reading section by using this strategy)</p>