College Discussion - View Single Post - ACT science question: read the background passage or skip to the questions?

sberlin · 05-15-2008, 10:02 PM

I took the ACT this spring for the first time and (shockingly) got a 36 on science - my advice, read the intro so you know what the study is about, then read the questions and search for the answers; it's pointless to read all of the data before looking at the questions, because most of it is unnecessary.

The whole section seems mostly data-analysis based, not requiring much knowledge of the subject, though being in college chemistry helped, and physics would be useful...

05-15-2008, 10:02 PM	#5
sberlin Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wyoming Gender: Female Threads: 2 Posts: 72	Skim the question I took the ACT this spring for the first time and (shockingly) got a 36 on science - my advice, read the intro so you know what the study is about, then read the questions and search for the answers; it's pointless to read all of the data before looking at the questions, because most of it is unnecessary. The whole section seems mostly data-analysis based, not requiring much knowledge of the subject, though being in college chemistry helped, and physics would be useful...