<p>Do you find that you do better when you read the story fast and answer the questions, or really take your time reading the story then answering? Thanks.</p>
<p>read the story extremely fast and answer the questions. Gave me about 5 extra minutes to check my work. :)</p>
<p>I read a paragraph underline any obscure words/people. Glance at the questions check if any of them have anything to do with the paragraph really quickly (10 sec) and then continue the process till I am done.</p>
<p>However, for the 1st passage I take my time and read through the paragraph and THEN answer the questions. On the rest, I employ what I said previously.</p>
<p>Are you two one of the many CC 36 prodigies?!</p>
<p>Nope. I hope to be a CC 34 prodigy lol if that counts?</p>
<p>^Lol, definitely not me. I consider myself above average, that’s it.</p>
<p>And same, I think I have a shot at getting a 34.</p>
<p>and I just went off on reading this time.</p>
<p>I usually skim the story (aka reading it “fast”) before answering the questions, making note of any significant words/phrases used. =P</p>
<p>I just read the passage extremely fast and use PR’s method of writing two word summaries for each of the paragraphs so you can refer to them quickly when answering related questions.</p>
<p>I try to fully understand the passage, so I take a good 4 minutes on reading and memorizing key facts. And then I go through the answers pretty quickly, since I know most of the passage and any thing that would take precise memorizing usually has a line number with it. Many questions are written verbatim, so a good memory would be beneficial or simple answering the question as you read the passage.</p>
<p>I just read really quickly and then answer the questions. Got a 36 on reading.</p>
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<p>classic reply.</p>
<p>I got a 36 on reading last time, but I feel like there was more ambiguity on this test.
Regardless, I skim very very quickly to get a general idea, and then refer back to the passage, a lot of answers are verbatim from the text.</p>
<p>Actively read the passage as quickly as you can and then answer the questions. What I mean by that is read the passage as fast as you can while making sure you’re paying attention to what you read as you go. I think a lot of people have the tendency to zone out while they’re reading, paying attention is key.</p>
<p>I got a 36 on the reading section last time I took the ACT.</p>
<p>^ I couldn’t agree more.</p>
<p>“I think a lot of people have the tendency to zone out…”</p>
<p>That’s me.</p>
<p>i read it, and then just doze off if everything gets complicated…</p>
<p>I’m lucky enough to be able to read at my normal pace and answer the questions with a few minutes to spare; I naturally read pretty fast. If I didn’t have that skill though, I’d probably read over the questions that are easy to answer, then read the passage super quickly, then write in the answers I found.</p>
<p>now if I actually had some practice questions or something to try this on I’d try it. But I don’t. I guess I’ll just start reading more books and try to get more than a 30 on the december act (my first act).</p>
<p>I just sort of skimmed through the passage, but I paid attention to stuff (aka, details) that I knew would be asked in the questions. I still had time to read the last passage with about 5-10 minutes left.</p>