Best ACT Preparation Books

cinderelley
Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:14:30 +0000

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