<p>I can't do anything right honestly. Compared to everyone on here I feel like a complete idiot. I took the official ACT twice and got a 20 on both. I bought a practice book with 5 practice tests, got a 21 on the first 2, and a 20 on the one today. I honestly just feel that I'm not good at anything. I don't think I'm going to bother taking the other 2 practice tests because there us no point because December 8 is nearing. I already took the SAT and did worse. Any advice on how to make myself look good to colleges since I can't get decent test scores?</p>
<p>Don’t give up. You have 2 weeks till the December ACT. Look through the ACT sparknotes review and try to ask people for tips. Work on speed. You will improve. Don’t be nervous on test day.</p>
<p>Don’t give up 
ill give you this tip, I got a 36 on the reading, the best way to prepare, just read anything, magazines, comics, sports, what ever you can read that is enjoyable, and I promise it will help</p>
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<p>2 weeks is plenty of time.</p>
<p>I just started prepping as well, don’t give up. </p>
<p>You’ll improve.</p>
<p>People on here are typically the high achievers, and that’s why there scores tend to be so high. They don’t represent the average college bound student, so don’t compare yourself to them. Some people also inflate their stats.</p>
<p>You can raise your score if you believe you can. For example, I was able to raise my ACT score from a 24 to a 30, and my SAT score from a 1800 to a 2090. If I can do it, you can!</p>
<p>Junior64,</p>
<p>Do not pay any attention to what others here say about there scores. You are not in competition with them, you are, in fact, in competition with yourself. Your only goal should be to maximize your performance. You have taken 2 practice tests, other than the scores, what have you taken from your performance on those tests. There is an old misconception, “practice makes perfect.” Anyone that has spent significant time teaching a skill can tell you that “practice makes permanent and only perfect practice makes perfect.” If all you do is take practice tests, you are essentially running in place. You must analyze your performance after each test, if you do not do this, you are getting nothing out of your practice. Determine which types of questions give you the most difficulty and focus your attention on those questions. If you need help in recognizing the different types of questions, buy an ACT book and read the sections on each of the four parts of the test. Without any specific knowledge of your test performances, I cannot tell you what to concentrate on, and if all you know from your tests are your scores, you are pretty much in the same boat.</p>
<p>Don’t give up. Stay Positive, you can do it!</p>
<p>Are you just taking practice tests or are you learning how to take the test? Without increasing your knowledge you can increase your scores by several points just by knowing testing strategies.</p>
<p>Take a Princeton review course or buy a Princeton review book and go through testing strategies. If you are getting low 20s you can move to the high 20s by using proper strategies.</p>