<p>i got an 18. e20, m19, r15, s18, essay 8.</p>
<p>if im taking the act again in February how can i do better? i have a 1999 arco act prep book i read a little of before i took the test. anything else i can do? ive been considering act prep classes</p>
<p>Just keep taking practice tests. You need help, a lot of it.</p>
<p>I think ACT prep helps. Sometimes listening to other people’s experiances is good. I took an ACT prep class and the people had no clue what they were doing. The man that did the math portion turned out being my math teacher… It’s december and we are on chapter 3!! I am a little bit worried for my math ACT score… It was composed of 4 classes. I only went to 2 of them… After my parents paid for them… Needless to say i didn’t tell them this part… lol</p>
<p>I took a class too and to be honest I could not tell you a single thing I learned.</p>
<p>Me either… I have some friends that are taking prep classes at our local community college and, they say they are learning a lot… So i guess it just depends.</p>
<p>Well your essay isn’t bad. Lost time I got a 7 essay and a 33 total. Anyways the biggest thing is taking a practice test and then looking back and understanding why you got every question you got wrong wrong and how to do better in the future.</p>
<p>Just keep taking practice tests (timed), and then reviewing what you missed so you understand it. And “The Real ACT” book is a good one. We have purchased about 6 ACT prep books and The Real ACT seems to be the best - it is actually put out by the people who administer the ACT test. </p>
<p>And also people say that reading alot of books helps with the reading section.</p>
<p>Good luck. :)</p>
<p>thanks guys</p>
<p>Dang 18? 
basic math concept should at least get you a good 30 in math, more advanced stuff like trig(law sin/cos) or logarithm then you should be ready for every questions. That’s if you’re not slow of course… Just go through as fast as you can and really don’t spend to much time doubting or double checking unless you have time. Study basic math concept. Get familiar. I normally get 1-2 wrong. </p>
<p>Eng- easier thing to study for, basic grammar. Act used same types of grammar questions over and over again, know basic grammar then upper 20s is an easy get. I score near perfect only missin few ambiguous ones. </p>
<p>Reading- practice. Thats all I can say, it’s as simple as looking things up, everything’s there doesn’t require even that much brain. Timing is prolly the worst enemy, get as familiar as you can is the best way. Practice. Do things fast. </p>
<p>Sci-I prolly shouldn’t give advices cuz I’m weak on this one just get familiar to analyzing graphs and data, and understand the arguments made in conflicting viewpoint part… I score around 30 on this part :(… :/</p>
<p>im a slow reader im trying to work on it. I’m really bad at trigonometry, i dont even think i learned it in school</p>
<p>for reading, what works for me is the following mantra: “understand everything, remember some things.” If there’s a weird construction in a passage that makes you not know what’s going on at that point in the passage, you should probably re-read it and figure it out since you are bound to be asked about it again on a question anyway. of course, this assumes that you can read quickly enough, which again comes down to practice. for increasing speed, my suggestion would be to learn how to use google reader (<a href=“http://google.com/reader[/url]”>http://google.com/reader</a>) and start subscribing to a bunch of blogs/websites that interest you. If you can make reading 30 minutes every night a habit, you will certainly see increases in your reading speed.</p>