<p>I really need to improve my scores (C-30, E-33, M-32,R-31, S-25), is this book helpful?</p>
<p>Does anyone have any suggestions? My score is on the borderline for the good colleges. I really want to improve to a 33+ by October (and hopefully not go down).</p>
<p>Wow you have like the same scores as me lol!</p>
<p>mmm…well…PR is kind of known to have a pretty crappy science section, so I would be kinda iffy to say “yes, you will invariably improve”.</p>
<p>However, I am liking your chances of improvement. You should totally do it.</p>
<p>cool. </p>
<p>bumppp…anyone else?</p>
<p>I’ve heard it’s supposed to be a lot harder than the real thing. So my advice would be to get used to that, and then take the RB tests. That’s what I did. And I am doing really well.</p>
<p>Well, I personally think that you should do 1296, and THEN do the real act prep guide books (what we call the red book or rb). I think that you should learn that extra knowledge before taking the test.</p>
<p>I’ve gone through 4 of the 6 tests in 1296, and I think the science sections are, for the most part, accurate. I too had problems with the science section (getting a 27S in Feb and a 26S in April). Timing was a real issue for me (despite going straight to the questions), and I missed 7 of the last 10 questions in the section in April. So, I came up with a plan. I decided to spend no more than 4 minutes on the passages with 5 questions, no more than 5 minutes on the passages with 6 questions, and no more than 7 minutes on the conflicting views passage. This strategy has worked wonders for me. After doing a few ptests in 1296, I decided to redo the April science section (I had received it in the mail), and also take the test from the 2007-08 packet. On both I missed no more than 1-2 questions (and those only because of carelessness), and still had 3-5 minutes left over. Some passages took slightly longer than the time I allotted, but I easily made up for it in the others.</p>
<p>So, I think if you follow that strategy and do some practice, you should be set for a 36 in science – that’s certainly what I’m going for now in September 
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<p>Also, in regards to accuracy, I think that overall 1296 is the best third-party source for ptests, at least compared to Barron’s, regular PR, and Kaplan.</p>
<p>you know, I really doubt you would have had that much trouble going through RB tests.</p>
<p>However, training with 1296 is slightly harder than the real thing, so I guess it was beneficial for you.</p>
<p>I got a 26 last time, and I am also going for 36 on that section too (coach says i will get 30+ for sure, and I could get lucky)</p>