ACT/SAT studying and advises

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Wed, 02 Jul 2014 02:11:18 +0000

Your goals are certainly doable, although a 4 point jump on the ACT won’t be easy. If you dedicate a good amount of time over the summer to studying, your goals will become a reality.
If you haven’t already, start off by getting the Red Book (The Real ACT) and the Blue Book (College Board Official SAT Study Guide). Just doing practice tests and reviewing what you did wrong will help you improve. You can also use these practice tests to find you problem areas (such as vocabulary, geometry, comparing reading passages, etc) and find more practice for these online.
Find out if your school offers any free prep. I was able to get the Princeton Review Self Paced SAT Online course for free through my school; you might be able to find something similar.

Your best bet for success will to be study a little bit all summer, not wait until September and then suddenly try studying hours every day.

Some links you might find useful:
SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides;
i need a pencil .ck12.org (without the spaces, link was getting censored)
Testive;
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/1578135-official-act-practice-tests-complete-list-of-public-tests.html
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/955109-silverturtles-guide-sat-admissions-success.html
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/747042-strangecamuss-sat-grammar-guide.html
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/68210-xiggi-s-sat-prep-advice.html#latest

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