@SSick456@HereToHelpYou@cooldude1098 I didn’t think the chance in the Science made much of a difference. Do you? My sense is that it’s essentially the same, but each of the non-conflicting viewpoints got 1 question longer in exchange for removing 1 passage altogether. Am I mistaken? Is there a new strategy or approach that should be taken?
I like the graph questions very much. I hardly ever miss. I find the Conflicting Viewpoints one ok. What I find hardest is when there is a lot of text–or at least the text to graph ratio is high–because usually the questions draw from the text or require you to think critically about some scientific idea pertaining to the text. There were some passages like those before and there are still some, it seems
Yeah I think that there’s a smaller amount of passages with only 6 and 7 questions each. And no I don’t think you need to approach it with a different strategy, since even if the 6 and 7 questions take longer, there’s a smaller amount of passages to answer. I think it’ll all even out.
There will be the data questions as well, but not as much of them I think. It’ll be okay, just do whatever you would normally do for the science section and it’ll be fine!
On the April ACT, I got a 32 for reading and a 30 for English. My math and science scores are significantly lower. Any recommendations for math/science practice? I have the 1296 Princeton Review book, but I feel like I need something else.
For the questions that come from the text, even though it might not be straightforward, you have to treat it like its a reading passage: all of the answers are in the passage. I always have to tell myself that if I’m stuck between two choices, I can always eliminate one of them.
There’s a website called crackact and it’s awesome because it literally has previous years tests from 2014 and before. If you finished the red book I would say go to this website and try the 2014 administered tests. It might not be 120% accurate, but they are previously given tests and you can’t go wrong with that
@DB1998 For math, find out if it’s a timing problem or if you have a problem knowing how to do the questions.
If timing, I don’t recommend constructing a brand new game plan but do come up with some small strategies on the ones you missed. Keep practicing with the general plan that you have been using since there’s only a few days left until the actual test. Don’t do full tests at once, try to break it down into 3 parts and time yourself or focus in on the ones you missed.
If it’s a problem with knowing how to do the questions, then you need to identify which subject you miss the most in: Geometry, Intermediate/Elementary Algebra, Trig, etc. Then, do mini lessons on each one.
Does anyone know how to stop making silly mistakes?? In all of the sections I make a total of 6-7 mistakes, where 4-5 of them are questions I should have gotten right. I go back and check my work, multiple times if possible, but i still consistently miss this many. If anyone has any advice that would be great because I don’t know what to do.
I’ve been having that problem as well; I just took a math practice test, and I made 7 total mistakes that could have been avoided. Is it just a timing issue? Is there any way I can counteract that?
Also, If I consistently get at least 70 of 75 English right, will the fact that I’m taking plus writing lower my score? I consider myself decent at writing, as I am Editor-in-Chief of my school newspaper and in AP Language.
Hi, I came across this pdf from the act website, and this is apparently a new format for the writing test: http://www.act.org/aap/pdf/Preparing-for-the-ACT.pdf. This is my first time taking the test, does anyone know if this is the format for the upcoming June 2015 exam? I did a bit of searching and from what I’ve found, the change is supposed to take place fall of 2015, but I just want to make sure
@skie2016 Yes, this is the fomat of the upcoming June 2015 test. No, as you can see on the booklet itself, the writing test hasn’t changed yet and will indeed only change in the fall of 2015.
