What books most resemble an actual ACT??

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<p>Hey, I know there are several other threads on this same topic, but I felt i should make my own to incorporate everything i'm having trouble with. I'm a very hard worker and have a strong upward trend, peaking at 4.33 both semesters of my junior year. I've never been great at standardized tests, and with very little prep i got a 24 the beginning of last year. The last 3 weeks i've been prepping for the September 10th and October 22nd test if needed, and here's where my problem lies...</p>

<p>I have:
McGraw Hill's ACT 2011: I scored 28,29,29,30
Barron's ACT 36: Aiming for the Perfect Score and I will start/compl this book before the 10th
The Real ACT (Red Book): Plan to take 2/3 of the tests before the 10th.
My friend has a copy of the June 2011 ACT, plan to take that in about a week.
Lastly, Princeton Review's 1296: Just scored a 28 yesterday, with a 26 in science, which I usually score above 30 on.</p>

<p>I know i'm capable of scoring above 28, which is my goal for the September test since it would put me in good standing for the schools i'm interested in. I'm mainly concerned with my score on the Princeton Review test, is it generally harder than the real deal? I took the 3rd test in that book which seemed to have more than 4 science parts, and i think it had 2 of the opposing scientists which differs from an official ACT?</p>

<p>Any insight would be graciously appreciated, preferably from a person that has already taken the tests found in the books I have.</p>

<p>P.S. I checked out 3/4 books I have from the library and bought the Barron's copy off amazon for $10 :) I strongly recommend this for anybody that isn't wanting to spend too much money for prep, and if the answers are filled in, simply use a pencil/pen (depending on what the person used) to fill in all the answers so that you won't be inclined towards any choices. Lastly, page 74 on <a href="http://www.act.org/aap/pdf/preparing.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.act.org/aap/pdf/preparing.pdf&lt;/a> can be used as a mock-answer sheet, which is good prep and won't mess up the book for future use.</p>

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<p>I thought the red Real ACT book was really close to the actual one. PR was also good.</p>

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<p>thanks for the reply. do you remember any scores comparing the practice tests to your performance on the real thing?</p>

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<p>bump -------</p>

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<p>The Real ACT book has 3 released ACT tests. Take those before taking any other test made by a test prep company that’s not real. </p>

<p>On the real ACT, I got a 31 in English, Reading, and Science and a 35 on Math for a 32 Composite score. I only used the red book for practice and I got in the 31-33 range for those tests. I’m retaking in September as well, aiming for 34+</p>

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<p>thanks you really helped with your experience.</p>

<p>anybody else?</p>

<p>(i know i’m not going to get much direction as i’ll end up doing the old exams for sure anyway, just wondering how to compare my scores in the other books)</p>

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<p>anybody else???</p>

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<p>I thought the McGraw-Hill 10 tests were quite accurate. Without a doubt, many people would disagree but I found that some questions in the McGraw-Hill were literally copied from real ACT tests (changed in the substances used i.e. in the real test, a piece of ham was used; in McGraw, a pineapple is used). I do want to say that I am referring to the science portion.
Obviously, the Real test is the most accurate and also the online prep from ACT.</p>

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<p>thanks, i hope to complete those real tests and go off that
hoping for the best!</p>