Science is Killing Me!

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<p>I'm a junior who received a 31 on this June's ACT. Here are my subscores:
English: 35
Math: 29
Reading: 35
Science: 25</p>

<p>As you can see, the science brought my done significantly. I could increase my score 2 points if I only got it in line with my other scores. The ironic thing is, I got a 29 in science my sophomore year. I don't see how I could suddenly get bad at the science section; and it's not a fluke, either. On the April ACT, I got a 24 in science.</p>

<p>Do you guys have any tips for getting a better scores on the science section? It's a pain to see such a trivial section bring down what could be an even better score.</p>

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<p>I took the ACT for the first time this June and I thought the Science section was unusually hard compared to practice tests...
The physics (which I didnt take yet) killed me.</p>

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<p>You're not alone:</p>

<p>34 Math
34 English
34 Reading
23 Science</p>

<p>I honestly could not tell you what wrong - science is my best subject. I'll take it again in September. For now, I can only practice and familiarize myself with this stupid section ...err!!</p>

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<p>^ ooh... auch</p>

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<p>I was in the same situation when I took it the first time, I got a 25 (29 composite... don't remember the other breakdowns.)</p>

<p>I retook it with no prep or anything and got a 34. Try retaking it.</p>

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<p>yeah, one science section on one test may be good, and on the next test, it could be beastly bad</p>

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<p>Same problem here:
30 E
34 M
26 R
22 S</p>

<p>Yeah pretty much sucks</p>

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<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/529613-act-science.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/529613-act-science.html&lt;/a>
I posted some tips there, it seems like science is a big problem for a lot of people.
I didn't have trouble with it, but I read fast.
It seems the problem isn't that people don't <em>know</em> things (honestly you don't need to know much for ACT science, it's more reading comp), but that they get freaked out and work too slowly.</p>

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<p>It didn't kill me as badly as some people, but...</p>

<p>31 English
32 Math
31 Reading
23 Science</p>

<p>The curve isn't as nice though, as in a few questions wrong and you could be in the low 30s. I'm more worried about not lowering the other scores, but science can definitely be overcome with practice.</p>