ACT for "international students", HELP?!

musicianty
Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:11:45 +0000

Hello there… this probably has been discussed before but, I need some tips for the ACT. I’m basically an international student who went to school here in US for 3 months. (I moved here in Feb 2010, and graduated June of that year). I started applying to colleges a bit after that. All colleges only asked me to take the TOEFL (test of english as a second language) because I had just moved but like 2 months ago they started asking for the ACT too (which I think is unfair, because I had no idea what the ACT was!)… I will be taking the ACT next week through arranged testing, and I’ve been studying like crazy all this time but I can’t manage to score decently on my timed practice tests I score “okay” on English (27) but math and science are both a disaster, I had to basically re learn all math I knew because I didn’t know any math terminology in english… same goes for science… lol my reading is very low too (22) By the way, highest Ive managed to score on math is 19 and 21 on science… My highest composite is 22. A 27 is my goal, not the best score but considering all my disavantages, I think it’s okay. Any tips for the test, especially math and science would be awesome! I can’t really manage to finish science on time and I don’t think I can request a waiver for the ACT requisite … Thanks for help