<p>I'm confused, aggravated, tired, and clearly frustrated at this point. I've spent 6 months of this year going to SAT prep classes (C2 specifically) for over 6 hrs every week. I took the SAT once and got a 1500 and have gotten 500's on my SAT II's (Lit & US Hist). I'm taking the SAT & SAT II one more time and I've signed up for the ACT. I took a practice ACT test and scored a 25 on it. I don't know what to do anymore. I'm tired of going to SAT classes, spending countless hours studying and working from practice books. I just don't understand how my friends and other people on this forum can easily score a 1900+...how do you guys do so well on these tests? </p>
<p>I also wanted to know, is the ACT better/easier than the SAT? I've heard that it's longer but it's a tad more forgiving than the ACT. What do you think?</p>
<p>I 100% understand your position. I only got a 1680 (2 tries, first time 1600) on my SATs…</p>
<p>I joined the forum, saw a lot of high scorers and my motivation sky rocketed. I got a few books that people recommended and they’re great.</p>
<p>Math: Gruber’s SAT MATH workbook
CR+W+(math also but grubers is better) : Barron’s 2400
Only use practice tests from Collegeboard’s Blue Book</p>
<p>I am also taking the ACT for the first time in Sept, havent done anything for that but if you dont mind me asking, where did you take ur practice test?</p>
<p>For ACT, a 25 is a 1700 on the SAT. It seems you did better, so just review a lot more. I dont know what books to get for ACT, but i know tips for each section.</p>
<p>Math: almost like the SAT, but there is some Trig (sin, cos, etc… as ive heard)
Reading: SAT-ish, but not as hard (no vocab, ive heard)
Writing (optional essay): essay seems easy and then some sentence fixations
Science: perhaps the toughest, so i’d recommend just taking practice science sections and reviewing reviewing and going over, read closely.</p>
<p>SAT is reasoning, ACT is logical. Since you scored higher on the ACT, I say youre more logical. Hope it helped.</p>
<p>time is of the essence for ACTs.</p>
<p>back to my question, where did you take the test?</p>
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back to my question, where did you take the test? </p>
<p>You go the act website and you click on registration. You can registar or you can call the act people!</p>
<p>My strongest points are Writing and Reading…I’m weak in Math & Science.
I took it at a high school here in Los Angeles (it was really ghetto and the proctors were unprofessional…)
I’ve been working from Princeton Review & Barrons…</p>
<p>i meant Where did you take the PRACTICE test…lol</p>
<p>Where did I take the practice test? At my house?</p>
<p>-______- i mean if you took it online, from what site; if from a book, what book. jeez…</p>
<p>Okay, you need to learn to be specific. You specifically asked “where” NOT “what kind of book/website”…I’ve used Barrons and Princeton Review.</p>
<p>NORMALLY, when someone says “where did you take it”, they dont want to know “my house”…thats the most illogical answer to such a question…especially online. It is implied im asking about a book or a site. educate yourself about forums a little.</p>