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<p>Hey…I’m usually on the SAT side of this forum, but some of my friends suggested that I take the ACT too…and after today’s disaster, I’m considering it strongly.</p>

<li><p>Prep resources?
I am already aware of the “red book” from the makers of the ACT for test prep. Are there any other good resources? I can’t seem to find as much as I could find on the SAT.</p></li>
<li><p>Scoring?
Also, what are these numbers out of 144? I always thought you got a score out of 36… I always see it in those Presidential Scholar cut-offs…does anyone else (i.e. colleges, other scholarship programs, etc.) use these 144 numbers? And what are 140, 141, 142, etc. supposed to mean?</p></li>
<li><p>Curves?
I took the practice today…and I got one science question wrong…which brought me down to a 34…is science always that harsh?! I feel like it’s the sat math curve of the ACT…</p></li>
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<p>Thanks for educating an ACT n00b…none of my friends are taking it compared to the SAT, so I’m pretty clueless.</p>

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<p>There aren’t that many good resources for the ACT.
I hated Princeton Review, but that might be worth looking at.
Barron’s is good if you want super insanely hard practice. It prepares you well though.</p>

<p>I’m assuming that the 144 is just adding the scores from each section together because 36*4 is 144. But a normal score is an average of all your sections together…and that’s out of 36.</p>

<p>The curves depend on how difficult the section is. Sometimes if the section is really easy, the curve won’t be very lenient and missing one will be a 34. Sometimes the curve is very lenient, like missing three could still be a 36. </p>

<p>I personally like the ACT better because to me it’s a lot easier.
The only bad thing is the pressure of not having enough time on the ACT.</p>