got my score today wasnt to happy with it i mean it wasnt bad for my first shot but want better any tips ? What did you guys do to increase your score ?
how to increase my act
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Study using the Red Book and after understanding all the concepts in the book take a practice test, score it, understand your mistakes, and make sure you don't make the same mistakes again.
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I got a high score by doing lotsssssssssss of practice tests. It especially helped getting the timing down. Like knowing what pace to go at for the reading/science reasoning passages so you can get enough time to do the problem but finish them all. I got one of the big study books from ACT and it helped also (and has two practice tests with scoring)
Practice, practice, practice!
Practice, practice, practice!
whats the red book?
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http://www.amazon.com/Real-Guide-guide-include-tests/dp/0768919754
Sorry it's labeled something different, but it's usually what people called it on collegeconfidential.
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READ
I read like 10 different books for about 3 months before the ACT and my Reading, Science, English, and Writing all rose significantly.
Reading 22-27
Science 23-28
Writing 8-10
English 21-25
I read like 10 different books for about 3 months before the ACT and my Reading, Science, English, and Writing all rose significantly.
Reading 22-27
Science 23-28
Writing 8-10
English 21-25
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I think reading could help, but just doing practice exams and learning all of the preparation material in the pretext of the book should suffice. Once you get your initial score on a practice test, analyze your results and your scores will improve. I swear. It's like the SAT.
On the testeven though I didn't do as well I was doing on the practice exams, I still improved drastically.
Initial SAT score (first take): 1640 (480 Verbal, 540 Writing, 620 Math)
Second SAT score: 1790 (550 Verbal, 580 Writing, 660 Math)
Then I started prepping a lot more:
Went through most of my SAT blue books, but didn't analyze too well, read RocketReview too, and did 4 practice PSAT... average was 2000-2100.
Third SAT score: 1940 (550 Verbal - chocked on vocab <- avg. was 650, 660 writing <- avg was 700+, 730 Math <- averag was the same)
On the testeven though I didn't do as well I was doing on the practice exams, I still improved drastically.
Initial SAT score (first take): 1640 (480 Verbal, 540 Writing, 620 Math)
Second SAT score: 1790 (550 Verbal, 580 Writing, 660 Math)
Then I started prepping a lot more:
Went through most of my SAT blue books, but didn't analyze too well, read RocketReview too, and did 4 practice PSAT... average was 2000-2100.
Third SAT score: 1940 (550 Verbal - chocked on vocab <- avg. was 650, 660 writing <- avg was 700+, 730 Math <- averag was the same)
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these scores don't even matter as much as most people think. Unless your applying to a top tier school a moderate score should suffice. Its funny because people are always stressing about how hard it is to get into college and then once your in you think wow that was easy and now all you stress about is getting into grad or professional school.
