<p>so i am taking the october act this yr
right now i have a 27( 35math, 29 sci, 26eng, 16 read, 11/12 essay, combined eng+writing is 28)
i want to get it up to 30, or be in the 30s at least. i got 2 months to do it.</p>
<p>so any ideas on how to improve my freaken reading score? it bothers me so much that i cant read fast and understand it well enough to answer the questions in time.</p>
<p>also what can i do to pull up my science score? i am going into STEM fields, so i want to get it up to like 33 at least.</p>
<p>and lastly, english..... how can i get it up? its like hard for me to improve it a lot</p>
<p>if you havent already figured out, i wasnt born here...</p>
<p>For me, the best trick to getting a high English score is to read books. After reading books and newspapers, you can easily pin point the sentence that does not “sound right” in the choices. Also with reading, you familiarize yourself with standard English-not the crap majority of people spew lol. Also, it is a good idea to read “harder novels”. Google “AP Literature reading list” and start reading those books one by one. You will get 32+…at least that’s how mine worked.</p>
<p>Your goal is very doable. The BIGGEST tip I learned for the ACT is that the answers are essentially found explicitly stated in the passage. In other words, the answers to most of hte questions will be specifically stated in the passage. Ex) How did Holmes feel when he saw the balloon? </p>
<p>The passage would most likely have a sentence saying almost exactly how Holmes felt. I wouldn’t mark an answer until I find direct evidence uspporting it for most questions.</p>
<p>For the English, is it a time issue or are you just getting them wrong?</p>
<p>i took the ACT last december and got a 31 (29 English, 29 Math, 31 Reading, and 33 Science) and I’m taking it again this October also!</p>
<p>For English, it’s really just practice questions again and again (under timed conditions of course). I generally read the passage in my head and chose the one that “sounds” right and that usually works for me.</p>
<p>For Reading, sometimes writing notes in the passage helps and make sure to read the passage closely and critically (don’t have your mind wander during the test). The answers are in the passage most of the time and you can always take answers out that don’t make sense in the question. To try and increase your reading speed, try reading literature (hard level that’s around the ACT level) and time yourself for a minute or so. See how far you get but make sure you UNDERSTOOD what you read.</p>
<p>Science has ALL of the answers in the passage. It’s like another type of reading.</p>
<p>Math is just practice problems again and again.</p>
<p>So in general, I would just do practice tests again and again timed.</p>