Real ACT vs Princeton Review? So bummed.

TwixCollege
Wed, 21 May 2014 03:56:58 +0000

I’m SOOO ticked off.

I usually get a 33 on the ACT practice tests from the red book ( I’ve only taken 5, but they seem pretty consistent between a 32-33 ).

I wanted more practice because I want ATLEAST 34 on the ACT. But, after taking a break for a couple weeks of cramming for AP tests, I decided to buy Princeton’s 1296 questions thing.

However, my score lowered SIGNIFICANTLY. As in I got a 29!!! Ugh. After all that work of taking 5 practice tests, my score DECREASES? By FOUR WHOLE points??? All of that wasted time…

Is it because I haven’t been taking tests for 2 weeks? But that doesn’t make any sense because I did way better on my very first practice act I took last month in which I got a 31…

What if the real act I take two years from now is like that and I only get a 29? Or worse? There’s no point in scoring high if I’m not consistent… Ugh. I only have two years to prepare for the test that will decide whether I go to community college or Stanford…

Is the PR review a little bit harder? I have been told it’s been very accurate by others which just means I got dumber over the past couple of weeks or something. It’s frustrating to see this and I’m scared to take another test because I’ll fear I’ll get demoralized even more…