<p>Is it worth taking the ACT without any knowledge of physics? Because of scheduling conflicts, I had to drop physics this past school year and replace it with an AP science class, and next year leaves no room to take physics either. Is there a still a good chance to get a good score on the ACT without physics? If not, how would I go about preparing for the science section?</p>
<p>You don't need any prior knowledge of science to score well on the ACT, but it DOES help because there was this one section on the ACT that I already knew all about because I had studied it in school, and I just tore it up! :D</p>
<p>I think it was a practice test though...can't remember! :(</p>
<p>You can't really prepare for the science section with actual science knowledge (bio, chem, physics). It's mostly understanding the experiments and situations and interpreting the data/tables/graphs, etc. You really don't need any pure science knowledge, just the ability to figure out information that the test gives you. You probably need more reading skills than science skills.</p>
<p>The science section really isn't science per se, but more like complex reading, in my opinion</p>
<p>You don't need physics. You don't really need anything...just know how to read data charts, experiment situations and such. Although some science background would help, but it doesn't have to be extensive.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses.</p>
<p>Okay, then how would you go about preparing for this part of the ACT? Do you just practice this section of the test and look for patterns or something? I know it seems like a stupid question....but the test is coming up soon and I'm feeling desperate for last minute pointers.</p>
<p>Isn't the next ACT test date September 24? </p>
<p>Well practice tests definitely. I'm not so sure about patterns...basically make sure you can understand what's going on in different types of graphs such as pie graphs vs bar graphs, and be able to infer the conclusion of the experiment, b/c most of the experiments on the science section asked something like "why did we get these results?"</p>
<p>And on the test itself, don't skim. I remember doing that and nearly screwing up like 5 questions. Good luck!</p>
<p>Well, contrast to amlanul, on the Science section, my lowest scoring portion, I always read too much into the passages of the Science experiments, making the Science so much higher than it really was. I skim now, and it works.</p>
<p>I would say read each question v. carefully, looking at units of measure, etc. and circle or underline exactly what they want, then go to the graph and circle/underline the answer. I don't usually read the passages explaining the experiment unless I need to, because that just ends up confusing me. A lot of the questions all you need to do is look at the graph. My biggest problem the first time I took the ACT was I spent too much time trying to read the passages instead of working on the questions. I ended up raising my score 4 points (31 to 35) in science just by skimming.</p>
<p>But I also know that some people prefer not to skim, so I would do practice tests and figure out which way works best for you.</p>
<p>should I bother taking both the SAT and ACT?</p>
<p>and is SAT preparation enough for the ACT? I realize that the ACT is much more content based. . .</p>