Study Strats

Test Preparation ACT Preparation
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<p>Help me make a study strategy to prepare for the September 12th ACT.</p>

<p>I took it last October and got a 33 (32.75). I took it this June and got another 33 (33.25).
I'm hoping for a 35 or 36 this time.</p>

<p>Here are the books I have:
Barron's ACT 36 Aiming for the Perfect Score (never used)
Princeton Review Cracking the ACT 2009 (all 3 tests used but no practice questions used)
Princeton Review 1,296 ACT Practice Questions (2 out of 6 tests used)</p>

<p>I used the Princeton Review books to prepare for the June ACT, that's why they're slightly used.</p>

<p>I have a little over 6 weeks to prepare, starting now. How should I go about doing this?</p>

<p>Until August 12 I have 6 hours a day to study (on average)
After that I have 4 hours every Sunday, and 1 hour every weekday (on average)</p>

<p>Basically I want to know what's the way to learn the most and make the most use out of the books. Last time all I did was take practice tests, see what I did wrong, then take more practice tests.</p>

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<p>Telling us subscores would help.</p>

3

<p>First time: 32 English, 33 Everything else
Second time: 31 Science, 34 Everything else</p>

4

<p>Then I’d say do the tests from 1296 and read barrons 36.</p>

<p>That’s a hard increase, but best of luck.</p>

5

<p>I don’t see how a book can help you very much at this point. Getting a 33 twice in row may mean that you’ve peaked your score possibly for now.</p>

<p>Some more practice tests are never a bad idea, but you have to do something new to get past the 33 mark.</p>

<p>What i’m trying atm is practicing the SAT to help me on the ACT because there’s very limited ACT test taking resources. I’m interested in seeing if it will help me on the next ACT in October. Experiment.</p>

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<p>still, barron’s 36 is specifically for people like him.</p>