Best ACT Prep Book?

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<p>Ok, will I need an ACT prep book to do good on the ACT(score 30 or higher)? The SAT isn’t really going for me and was wondering if I could do better on the ACT. Most colleges will accept both and I heard most students do better on the ACT than the SAT. I’m a junior and want to go to Emory.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Personally, I don’t think prep books are necessary if you know the material covered by the ACT (if you’re a junior or senior, you probably should provided you’re taking Honors courses). Even if you are familiar with the material, however, I think it’s worthwhile to do at least one practice test to learn the structure, format, and time constraints of the test.</p>

<p>A free test with scoring guide is here: <a href=“http://actstudent.org/pdf/preparing.pdf[/url]”>http://actstudent.org/pdf/preparing.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>If you don’t know the material covered by the ACT, then in that case you might go for a Princeton Review or a Kaplan book. The Real ACT Prep Guide won’t help you much for actually learning the material–it contains no such lessons, just practice tests with answer explanations and a few expository chapters detailing the test format and test day procedures.</p>

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<p>I got “How to Crack the ACT” from princeton review… I am good at both Math and Science, but I had never taken the ACT. I took the first practice exam, and did like bad(27ish, but I did alot worse then i expected on Math and Science). Then I went through the book in a day or 2, and it helped considerably(31ish) with tips on how to write the essay ,since the format is different, although it is still a persuasive, as well as just practice seeing those types of problems compared to the SAT’s completely different format… tips on here also help. That science tip to not read the passages, saved me an assload of time. I guess it depends on the person.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys, ya I’m taking AP Chem, AP lit, and AP Calculus so I think I’m in good shape with a practice test or 2, also going through a practice book.</p>

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<p>just learn to time yourself… i took practice tests using real ACT book, i got 29 30 30 on science on the 3 tests, but i know for a fact that i got less then 27 on oct act test; so idk</p>