<p>I hope that you all are enjoying the holidays. So, well, I’m a junior and would like to take the ACT in April. What are the best preparation books for this standardized test? Also, I took the PSAT and I got a score of 1810 (with little preparation–the scores not great at all). How do you think I’d fare on the ACT? Right now, I’d really love to go to NYU. I was planning on applying to Steinhardt first, but I sort of fell in love with English (literature), but am also interested in Public Health. I guess CAS would be more appropriate, but it’s also much harder to get into. The other thing is the cost; my family would never be able to afford $60,000 per year. </p>
<p>Sorry for all the fluff, but I guess what I’m trying to get at is: does anyone have any preparation advice for the ACT?</p>
<p>Thanks! </p>
<p>Happy Holidays and also Happy New Year (A tad early)! :-)</p>
<p>I got a 34 on my ACT, so I can’t give you advice on getting a perfect score. I picked up the 1296 question ACT book by Princeton Review, and found it to be really helpful. I found the questions similar to those on the actual ACT. I picked up Barron’s 36 book as well- the questions are harder than the real thing, which is good because you’re “over-prepared”. However, if you can only get one book, I say get the red one. It’s published by the makers of the test, and it will give you a feel for how the questions are worded. I found my scores on the red book tests to comparable to score on the real deal.</p>
<p>The Princeton Review offers free ACT practice tests in some areas. They are SUPER helpful and are formatted almost identical to the real test. They give you the same amount of questions and time to answer them as a real ACT. My proctors weren’t sticklers on the “quiet and no cheating” atmosphere but if you discipline yourself around your friends it’s an awesome tool. The only thing is you really need to add 2-4 points to your score. They low ball everyone to get you to buy their class sessions. They say they don’t but trust me they do. I took a real ACT in October of my junior year just to see- because I didn’t know about this program yet- and got a 30 with absolutely no prep. I took a free test in November and they scored it a 27 or something. When I took the real one again in June I got a 31. But honestly it’s a really good measuring stick to see if you’re looking at the right “class” of colleges and what sections to focus on
<a href=“http://www.princetonreview.com/college/free-act-practice-test.aspx[/url]”>http://www.princetonreview.com/college/free-act-practice-test.aspx</a></p>
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