<p>I took the ACT in September and got a 27 (30E33M23R21S10E), and am taking them in this Saturday. Considering I spent too much time on a few grammar problems and had to guess on the last six I think I could get my English score up. I also think I spent too much time on one passage on the reading and had to guess on a passage that I could have figured out easily with more time. However, my science section has always been a 21 and my reading section has not gone up by that much lately. I would like to get at least a 28 composite and one of my schools I am applying to requires a 26 or above in each subsection. I really do not want to retake the test in December so if anybody have advice for the reading section or science section?
I have the red book, Princeton review book and the Barrons book. Which book would be most useful for the next upcoming week? Should I just keep practicing from the red book or actually review strategy?</p>
<p>I’ve taken the ACT twice, once making a 21 on the Science and just recently making a 23. </p>
<p>Recently, I’ve been scoring 27-29’s on the practice sciences. I feel like what has really helped is reading out loud and underlining. Also, label each one of the 7 parts of the science test 1 to 3. Sections with 5 questions are labeled 1, sections with 6 are labeled 2 and the last section with seven is labeled 3. Do these in order of 1-2-3 to use time as efficiently as possible.</p>
<p>For reference, if you’re wondering if you should take my advice, my comp is a 30(34 read, 31 math, 30 eng, 23 sci) with a 9 Writing.</p>
<p>Watch it on the reading out loud! </p>
<p>You are not going to do that when you are taking the actual test obviously! Try to simulate the testing environment as closely as possible.</p>