<p>I am writing an ACT prep book and am going to get it published soon. How much would this impress college admission people?</p>
<p>Now that’s pretty interesting, but I suppose it might depend on the publisher and its sales. However, it shows that you have the ability to teach and organize your knowledge into a coherent string of sentences, but also just that you know how the test works and how to play the game.</p>
<p>Intriguing in my opinion - can’t say how much it would help though.</p>
<p>Wow that’s on the one hand very cool, that you took the initiative to do that,</p>
<p>and, on the other hand, incredibly lame because of the content of the book.</p>
<p>Good luck having it seen favorably at all of the “standardized tests aren’t really that important” schools (aka almost all the good ones).</p>
<p>Depends on the publisher and the novelty of the book. There are already several books out there covering ACT test preparation. Writing a book that is similar to others simply says that your contribution, at best, is limited to rewriting the same material in a different way. It has to be different in some way and if possible, have at least a coherent argument as to why this book will help students more than the other books.</p>
<p>Good luck with the effort.</p>
<p>Writing one and getting one published (legitimately,not self-published) are two completely different animals.</p>
<p>Plus the lead time to get something reviewed, accepted, and into print – especially for something that isn’t so novel – you’ll have graduated college by then.</p>
<p>what’s the diff exactly between self published and published? Because Lulu.com puts your book on Amazon and Barnes and Nobles. If it sells enough, it goes to the stores. Is that self publishing?</p>
<p>i agree with newest newb that your book’s content makes it not very attractive. write something else.</p>
<p>To the OP: I noticed from a previous thread of yours that you had scored a 27 on the December ACT. That’s a respectable score, to be sure, but you’d greatly boost your credibility as the author of a prep book if you had scored higher, preferably a 35 or a 36.</p>
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<p>Lulu appears to be a self-publishing tool.</p>
<p>I think if you self publish a book and get people to to buy it, you’ve got some skills that are going to impress a college admissions committee regardless of the quality of the book.</p>
<p>Not if you have a 27 ACT score…</p>
<p>i got a 27…</p>
<p>qialah: All you need is a big checking account to publish a book nowadays for would be authors. Actually finding an audience because you’re a good and relevant author is another thing.</p>
<p>that 27 though doesn’t seem to confer expert status for the book author however…</p>
<p>Kinda like Britney and Jaime Lynn Spears’ mother being contracted on writing a book on how to raise children in a Christian environment — the publisher dropped her like a wet bowling ball.</p>
<p>when did I say I am an expert? You don’t need to be a genius to write the book, just research, then have an expert Stanford Graduate (my friend) edit the manuscript right?</p>
<p>This is starting to sound like a joke. Sorry, but what research would you do now to help others if you didn’t do enough of that to get a better than average score of 27?</p>
<p>If this isn’t a joke and you are truly serious about it, do it for the fun of it. Don’t think of it as a project to impress college adcoms in an area they have a lot of expertise in.</p>
<p>you know, this has inspired me. I am taking the ACT in Feb., what score would I need to be “qualified”? I scored a 31 English, 27 Math, 26 reading, and 25 science last time.</p>
<p>wanago2college: didn’t mean to insult your score. I was merely pointing out that books are valued when written by experts. As a high school student, your only claim at expertise is at scoring a high score on the test. If you were an educator, perhaps you can write an ACT test taking book because you have taught students over the years and know how to train students to score high.</p>
<p>Perhaps a 32 composite (you can score about 93% right answers and still get a 32, which places you in the 99 percentile) is a bar you can set for yourself.</p>
<p>I didn’t take it as in insult, but as a inspiration. I understand what you are saying know. I’m going to continue writing this book and work toward that 32 ;)</p>
<p>I think that would help</p>
<p>I might be writing a AP Euro Prep Book, hahaha</p>
<p>But seriously, I have it half written with 80 pages.</p>
<p>The trouble is its not ready for a serious publisher and I haven’t asked any yet.</p>
<p>try Lulu.com. It goes on Amazon and Barnes and Nobles. If it sells, it goes into the book stores.</p>