What am I doing wrong? - ACT practice tests?

I’m taking ACT soon and I’ve started on a few practice tests. Right now I am averaging a 29ish on almost everything. Ater 2 3 practice tests in each section, I’ve figured out my weakness- the problems that are later in the sections. For every test, I can fly through the first half with ease and get 0-1 wrong. On all 3 of my math act tests, I’ve gotten the first 40 questions correct. After the midway or 3/4 part of each section, I crash and I crash bad. I got a 27 on one of my math sections even though i got the first 2/3 correct because I completele messed up the last 15 questions. Like literally, on the last 15 questions I got only 1 correct. I know that math is in order of difficulty. but I know I can do those questions because literally as soon as I come back to see what I did wrong on the later questions, it takes me no more than a minute to spot what I did wrong. This isn’t only for math, the general trend for each one of my act sections is I get the first 1/2 or 3/4ish right but then completely bomb the last parts. Science I was really excited one time cause I was in the process of grading and got the first 30/31 correct…what happened next? I promptly bombed 8 questions in a row and only got the very last question correct.

I have a theory- I have a lack of concetration or mental stamina and thats why I do far worse on the later parts of the test…does anyone agree or has experienced similar issues? any recommendations? I’m desperate :frowning: please help.

@tmonestel33 my biggest problem for the ACT was time, so I would work on that the most… like pacing yourself and constantly making sure you have enough time to concentrate and finish :slight_smile:

For math, since questions get progressively more difficult, try doing only the last 20-30 problems from each practice set.

On the ACT, the questions get more difficult throughout the section. The last few questions are just more difficult content, it doesn’t really have anything to do with your mental stamina.

@Roxbury_resident

Only on the math section and Science section (per passage)

The difficulty of the questions in Reading and English are in random order.