<p>Hey all, after multiple attempts at the SAT and not getting the scores I've been hoping for, I am going to try the ACT for the first time this fall.</p>
<p>I've already purchased the Princeton Review book, and am tempted to buy the red book that everyone raves about.</p>
<p>Are there any suggestions out there as to how I should study for the ACT? Is it reading those books, coming up with new strategies, and taking practice tests? Or is there more to it?</p>
<p>Please share any feedback you may have. Thanks!</p>
<p>I think the first thing you should do before you review or do anything is take a practice ACT. This is allow you to see where your stand score wise, weaknesses, and it will allow you to see how the test is organized etc.</p>
<p>they give you more questions than time, so focus on the easy and medium ones and then as time runs out take an educated guess for what you haven’t gotten to yet. the act doesn’t penalize for wrong answers</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat M. I feel like I’m so behind, being a senior and all haha
I’m gonna wing it the first time I take the ACT and if I feel like retaking it, I most likely will.</p>
<p>Just look over the material, take a practice test, and then review your wrong answers. Nothing else you can really do short of hiring a tutor/attending an ACT prep class.</p>
<p>The ACT offers a lot of free information here: [ACT</a> Test Prep](<a href=“ACT Test Preparation | Test Prep Resources | ACT”>ACT Test Preparation | Test Prep Resources | ACT)</p>
<p>On this site, there are links to practice questions and a complete practice test.</p>
<p>SparkNotes offers free online test information for the ACT (and other tests): [SparkNotes:</a> ACT: Test Center](<a href=“http://testprep.sparknotes.com/testcenter/act/]SparkNotes:”>http://testprep.sparknotes.com/testcenter/act/)</p>
<p>SparkNotes makes the point that the ACT is very predictable and tests the same concepts each time, so students don’t need lots of practice tests, but rather should concentrate on the concepts underlying the questions that they missed in practice.</p>
<p>Rosiha3, it might be a good use of your time to spend part of your summer preparing for the September 11 ACT so you can get a score good enough that you wouldn’t have to take it again. This might be particularly true for the science section, which tests your ability to read and interpret scientific charts and graphs; familiarity with the approach the ACT takes would be particularly helpful. And, it would cost less to buy the official ACT practice book (the red book) than it would to take the ACT again!</p>
<p>This might be odd advice but it’s true. If you take an ACT in September, make sure you take one more-preferably in October. This still gives you enough time to get your scores and send them in rather early.
Why should you take it again in October? Because statistics say that people ALWAYS (mostly) improve on their second try just in the fact that they’ve now taken the test before and are familiar with it’s contents. 
Good luck!</p>