need to improve Math & English

expatCanuck
Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:23:18 +0000

Hi -

This past spring, my son wrote the ACT (I’m pretty certain that he did so ‘cold’)
and scored 27 composite, with this breakdown:

Math 23 / English 25 / Reading 30 / Science 29 / Writing 10

The day he wrote it, he told me that he wanted to write it again. My feeling
is that there’s clearly some low-hanging fruit here, but also that the high scores
are good enough (his GPA will be the gating admissions factor).

I’m recommending that he work through a math-specific guide
(e.g. - Corn’s Ultimate Math), and then work the Red Book.

Is there an English-specific book which folks recommend that he also review,
or is the Red Book adequate?

Any & all insight welcome.

Thanks,


Richard