<p>I've read that the ACT math goes up to trig. and i've only taken alg 1, geo., and alg 2..and im taking pre-calc next year.am i totally screwed?? And also, what month should i take the ACT..i'm planning on taking::</p>
<p>Oct- PSAT
Jan- SAT I
March and May- SAT II
April or June- SAT I
Oct- Sat I (if needed) </p>
<p>is this a good schedule?? i'm also taking a crap load of AP's...</p>
<p>I would take the ACT next April. It is a few weeks prior to AP exams which makes it perfect. May I ask how many SAT II's you are taking?</p>
<p>well i'm taking AP English Lit, APUSH, and hon pre-calc and self-studying AP chem..so i was going to take SAT Subject tests in Lit, US, Math Level 2, and Chem..just because I will be in the class..But I also want to take bio e/m and world history because senior year i am taking AP bio and self studying world history either this year or senior year.</p>
<p>I know it's a lot of SAT II's because most college's only require 2 or 3</p>
<p>well you can only take 3 sat II's at a time i believe. At least that's how many i think i was limited to when i took them. I took Spanish, US (APUSH for junior year) and Math I. I would say plan on spreading out the SAT II's. You can take them in June as well. And take the ACT. It's harder only for the timing. The math itself isn't all that hard.</p>
<p>No, you aren't totally screwed. First off, 4 out of the 60 problems on the ACT Math are trig. Secondly, the trig on the ACT is always basic trig I think. Like you, I had no trig, but I grabbed a couple books at the local library and studied some a few weeks before the test and am now comfortable doing the majority of trig problems i've seen on the ACT.</p>
<p>First and foremost you should memorize sin/cos/tan, their recipricols, and the most important identities... basic stuff like graphs etc next.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your help!</p>
<p>You only need a minor amount of trig for the ACT and trig is a major portion of precalculus, which you will be taking.</p>
<p>Actually, I think the same amount of trig is on the SAT I now, isn't it? And there is plenty of trig on the SAT II Math test you plan on taking, so I don't know why the panic!</p>
<p>Yes, you are limited to taking at most three SAT IIs at any one sitting. And some people think this is too many in order to study effectively.</p>
<p>Have you taken practice tests of the SAT I and ACT? You may find you like one test better or do better on it anyway. If this is the case you can concentrate on that test.</p>
<p>I would recommend taking the ACT at a time where you can order the test, answers, and your scoring sheet. Then you can go through and see where you could improve.</p>
<p>There is no disadvantage to taking the ACT next fall just to see how you do, because of score choice.</p>
<p>i would take the ACT before the SAT 1.
my reasoning: while most colleges dont, some do require the ACT with SAT 2s. If you do well on the ACT, but not as well on the SAT 1, they will still see your SAT 1 scores when you send your SAT 2s. If you do well enough on your ACT to use it for college, then theres no need to take the SAT 1.</p>
<p>Bebegrl976, you will learn all the trig you need for the ACT in less than a semester of pre-calc.
DianeR, there is no trig on the SAT 1.</p>
<p>Yes, you're right. Thanks for correcting me. I guess what I was remembering was that the new test goes further in math than the old one did. My kids never took the new test, so I was relying on my memory (a dangerous thing :) ) They DO say you can use trig methods to solve some of the problems, though. <a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/about/sat/geometry.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/about/sat/geometry.html</a></p>
<p>Oh, well, the point is that the trig on the ACT is pretty basic. Depending on the texts used, the concepts will probably be in either one's geometry or algebra 2 books. If not, it only takes a few minutes to learn what might be on the ACT and it is only a few questions anyway.</p>
<p>I hope I didn't freak anyone out by what I said!</p>