<p>Ive been practicing for ACT science and I always run out of time. I feel like Not reading the experiment desription and the table descriptions would help me alot because theres generally not questions on it. Have any of you guys done well without reading the descriptions of the data representation/ research summary? any strategies would also be a great help. thanks.</p>
<p>Hi! I’m a senior with a 33 composite with my best in science being a 31. I have taken the ACT 3 times and have only read the experiment descriptions once, my first time. From my experience with practice tests and talking with others on CC the general consensus seems to be to not read the experiment unless you do a 7 question passage. All of the passages with 5 questions are able to be answered with the information directly on the graphs and your understanding of the experiment is not important. However, you will have to read on the conflicting viewpoints passage, and often do some reading on the seven question passage towards the end of the science test. Good luck! If you have any more questions I’d be happy to help. @Sethrogen </p>
<p>Thank you, this is really helpful. Sadly my test was earlier today and I didn’t see this ;(</p>
<p>Yes at least skim the experiments. They give you all of the information needed. I read everything and barely prepared for it and got a 36.</p>
<p>I never skimmed or read any of the experiments unless I found it necessary while answering the questions. Got a 34 on that portion</p>
<p>Currently have a 32 on this section. I would recommend not reading the intro unless you really need to. Most of the questions are based on the graphs/tables except for the conflicting viewpoints passage. On some of the questions near the end of each passage, sometimes you have to link knowledge from the graphs/tables to something in the intro, so just be aware of that. Remember that everything you need to know is 95% (lol, sadly) of the time provided on the page. </p>