<p>I was looking at the score conversions through some ACT books and I saw that if you miss 10 questions on the reading section you will get a score somewhere around a 27. It would be perfectly fine for me if I got a 27 on the reading section on the ACT next month. That means that I would only have to get 30 questions right and thus get perfect scores on only 3 passages, if you look at it that way. I find the questions in reading to be quite easy but the time limit kills me. If I strongly focus everything on 3 of the passages and then bubble in a particular letter for the 4th, gaining 1 or 2 points possibly, couldn't i get a 27. (assuming i got all the other 30 right)</p>
<p>What do you guys think?</p>
<p>Good strategy: Extending time on the passages, giving me that extra 1 or 2 minutes I need, and increasing my changes of getting them all right.</p>
<p>Bad Strategy: You may miss more than you think you will on those 30, and then you'll end up losing even more points by neglecting the last passage.</p>
<p>I always start on the 2nd passage… it’s always easier than the first, I don’t get tangled up, and then I have 15 minutes for the 1st passage and anything else I need to check on. I went from a 30 in reading to a 34 in Reading doing that.</p>
<p>the timing of this thread is kind of funny. i’ve just recently discovered a strategy that works well for me that includes getting to all the passages and getting higher than a 27 :)</p>
<p>it is i believe. i took 2 of the ACT tests from the Preparing the ACT packets and got a 29 and 30. I’ll see for sure when i start teaking the tests in the redbook closer to Feb. 6</p>
<p>well that’s what i do. I read the questions then I read the passage as if I’m trying to comprehend every little detail. I know this is exactly what people recommend not to do and I avoided it with a passion. When i tried the strategy of completing 3 passage I used this technique believing it would be time consuming, only allowing me 3 passages to complete (trying to get that 27). I guess I may naturally read fast because somehow I always end up having time for only 4 passages. At first I would try to answer the questions that referred to paragraphs or lines and then the passage as a whole like people recommend, but oddly that didn’t work. I dont know but this works for me. Can’t explain</p>
<p>Ever more odd, i used this on the science. I read the passage then go to the first question. If it refers to a chart/graph/experimet I go to it first and analyze, then back to the question. I also thought this was bizarre but I ended up having about 7 minutes left on my practice tests.</p>