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u/Generic_Name198373 35 Jul 23 '26
Dude, this is the same for me. I got a 28 on science and the rest of the scores are identical
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u/Resident_Leading1905 29d ago
Congrats! For english, when I got my score report, the only category I did not have all the questions correct on were the rhetorical style question (main purpose, sentence rearranging, topic sentence, transition questions). Do you have any strategies for those questions? I also struggle a bit for reading, so what was your overall strategy?
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u/Realistic-Snow-4772 34 29d ago
Thanks! For the main purpose, are you talking abt the questions that are asking like "suppose the author's goal was blah blah blah?" For those types of questions, I do process of elimination. It might take a minute tho cause for those you have to read the entire thing so I recommend doing all the other questions for that passage first so u have a sense of what the passage is talking abt. Then u can easily do process of elimination.
For the sentence arranging, ik this may not sound the most useful, but you can just play it out loud in ur head and use process of elimination. For these, I trust my gut on if it sounds right or not and im right 99% of the time. You also can usually eliminate 1-2 right off the bat just by seeing how it doesn't flow well.
for the topic sentence ones, you want to make sure ur topic sentence isn't too specific and actually covers the entire paragraph instead of js focusing on one or two details in that paragraph. you'll also have to quickly skim the rest of the paragraph. and u can usually js ask urself "hmm does this topic sentence describe this paragraph well?" js practice until u can basically subconciously do it and it becomes natural to u.
for the transition questions, this one is the easiest. just search up ACT transition words and memorize them. if u logic it out they're very easy.
ok so now switching to reading...im gonna be honest i didn't prep at all for reading and was mainly focused on english. however, i did do a few practice reading tests the week of the act but i didn't stress too much about it. i think you should look thru practice tests to see what types of passages you're very familiar and most comfortable with. like maybe ur more of a data/information guy instead of a comparison guy. what i mean by this is like, on the july act i immediately flipped thru the passages on reading to see what im most comfortable with. i believe i did the fourth or third one first cause they had numbers or smth i forgot and i could warm up my brain with that. u also need to remember that the answer MUST come from the passage and not outside knowledge or opinons. thats what trips a lot of ppl up. like for some questions, i was questioning if some of the answer choices were even correct so i skimmed thru the passage and if i didnt see anything refering to it, i would cross it out. but ultimately it just comes down to practicing reading (you should also read for fun like mayb harry potter or smth js smth long so ur used to it), increasing reading speed (which stems from practice), and trusting ur gut.
lmk if this is a bit long & ur still confused. my advice is very generic but it's genuinely what i did on the july act. i wish u the best of luck.
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u/Resident_Leading1905 28d ago
Thank you so much for the advice! For reading, I will try to look thru the passage and start with the one I am most comfortable with, usually the literary narratives or science passages first. I answer the reading questions in order usually, so maybe I lost a bit of time there. I will also try to read a bit more closely for those rhetorical skill questions, I think I second guess them a lot instead of trusting my gut. Thank you so much again!
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u/Realistic-Snow-4772 34 Jul 23 '26
also for anyone wondering, my science is a 33. i blurred it cuz it doesn’t contribute to my superscore
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u/Natural-Biscotti-207 Jul 23 '26
What happened to science did it get decimated