KatieApplies

I am taking the ACT again in June to raise my science score. One thing I have seen people suggest is to skip right to the questions. Does this really work? or do you end up just wasting time cause you have to go back and read the stuff anyway after you have read the question? I will try it out with a practice test but really it seems kinda risky. But then my science score sucked this last time and I did read the passages first (and ran outta time at the end).

UofRbound?

Yes, it did for me. The first time I read the passages and all that good stuff before I went on to the questions. Score? 27. The April ACT I skipped straight to the questions after skimming the paragraphs and graphs. Score? 30.

Rosie51391

I've only taken the ACT once, and when I did I was super sick and kinda impatient so for the science part I half read the passages-skimmed I guess- and used my science knowledge to get what I thought was probably the right answer. I got a 34 on the section. But if you do this I would suggest being REALLY strong in science. My AP Chem teacher is really good at getting all this information into us, so that definitely helped me solve most of the problems.

CollegeSoSoon?

Anyone else?

sberlin

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...

s2k

Here's the ULTIMATE way to find out whether you should skip the passages or not - buy the REAL ACT prep book and skip the passage on the first (retired) practice exam. Next test, read it and compare the score.

What works for one person may not work for you so find out for yourself.