taking act test october 22nd; i'm nervous as forget

[hillkill]

i finally said forget my anxiety and signed up for the test. however, i have no clue how to study for it. also i hope i don't have panic attacks during the test.

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[Lego lad]

i think theres online practice tests for it, theres also ACT prep books too

[Foxscotch]

the only part you need to study for is math
the "science" section is literally just reading graphs
the reading part is... you know... reading. if you can't already do that well enough idk what to tell you

if you are taking it with the essay, prepare for a stupid prompt

[e-maxx]

OH forget

I NEVER TOOK THEM LOL
I don't know how much this well help but just try to treat it as any other test.
Also talking to your friends about it and maybe trying to plan a group study or something might help

[hillkill]

yeah i signed up for the writing section.

on the english section, do you have to really read it in detail (like subject-verb clause, etc.) or just put what makes sense?

the reading is going to be a bitch for me because i cannot read that fast and coherently put down answers.

[log]

i finally said forget my anxiety and signed up for the test. however, i have no clue how to study for it. also i hope i don't have panic attacks during the test.

if you want to learn the material kahn academy has an sat course that covers most of it

if you want to learn the test ACT releases pdf practice tests on their website

[sorrel]

i liked using john baylor's act stuff for prep for when i was taking the act

[hillkill]

having my scores sent to eastern michigan university and some other local universities.

[Daswiruch]

dude you've been nervous about everything this is the time to not give a forget and just study
there's no way you can fail unless you don't know the material

[Lego lad]

the only part you need to study for is math
the "science" section is literally just reading graphs
the reading part is... you know... reading. if you can't already do that well enough idk what to tell you

if you are taking it with the essay, prepare for a stupid prompt

this

math is full of easy questions but the thing to watch out for is time, 60 questions in 60 minutes.

[SeventhSandwich]

I did well on the ACT, and here's my main tips:

My tips are to remember that the ACT is essentially a time trial (in contrast, the SAT trips people up by phrasing the questions in a confusing way). Your score will pretty much depend on whether you can finish all of the questions with the time you're given.

On the writing section, spend at least 2 minutes just calmly thinking about everything you're gonna write (especially the evidence you're going to use in your essay, since the logical organization of your essay is what they actually grade). If you can write an essay in 20 minutes, you can do it in 18 too.

On math, don't do unnecessary algebra. If you have a problem where you can figure out the answer backwards (i.e., plugging the multiple choice answers into a given formula), do that. You don't get bonus points for rigorously proving the algebraic solution.

Lastly, on science, absolutely do not read the preamble that's given before each section. The science section tests your ability to understand what a graph is saying (like whether x is increasing along with y, or whether x & y are correlated, etc). There will likely be only one question on the entire science section that relies on a background understanding of the concept being demonstrated, and it's usually extremely simple (IIRC, on my test it was asking for the real reason why water is sucked up into a beaker when a match is lit underneath it). Unless you stumble upon a question that can't be answered without it (which you won't) then don't bother reading it.  I'm not convinced that it's possible to finish the entire science section if you actually try to read and absorb the background information in each section.

[Nonnel]

ACT is easy, not even worth practicing

[Lego lad]

ACT is easy, not even worth practicing

Stop acting like its nothing!

By dum tss

[Placid]

ACT is easy, not even worth practicing

Okay. Yes, it's pretty easy. But even so, practicing is good. I started at an average of like 31 and ended up with a final composite of 35 from a stuffload of practice. It's all about practicing time management. My best advice is to bring a watch and know exactly how long each section is, in both questions and minutes.

Also if you're like me and stuffty at reading, learn good methods of deconstructing their reading prompts quickly. The faster you can accurately read and summarize the articles in your head the more time you're gonna have to go back and check yourself at the end. I just hate it because they've gotta choose topics that are weird af so you'll have no clue what you're reading lol

And for reference I just went to barnes and noble and bought one of the ACT practice books and went through the entire thing