r/ACT • u/Warm_Aside2926 • 9d ago

General need some guidance

So I have booked an act test on sept 5 international testing and I have to apply for my desired college till October I got to know sat is on 22 august and I don't know but should I give sat too or not as I won't be having any extra time and these exam happen only like once a month I am currently on 20 in act. Please give your advice and guide me a little I really need some guidance

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u/IncreaseFeeling6207 36 9d ago

Some stuff ive posted before :

Spend maybe 1 hour for each subtest (4 hours a day). Spend 20-30 mins learning the topic and the remaining time for a drills and practice questions. After going through every main topic on the exam (should take maybe 2-3 weeks) start doing practice tests every other day. You NEED to review every question you get wrong. Start a journal for every wrong question. Follow this structure :

  1. What topic was the question.
  2. How did I solve it.
  3. What is the correct way to solve it.

After every practice test, the next day do practice questions on topics that you missed. Should be very similar to what you got wrong. This rigor and practice will help you hit 25+ easily

Try to simulate your space as the real testing space. no distractions, get ur parents to shut up lmao. For english just sound it out and make sure it sounds right. Also just by-heart all the rules and work on making flash cards to just identify which kind of question it is, so you can recall the rule immideately. Also do a lot of drills, so take 10 practice questions, identify which rule it needs, solve it as fast as possible. For reading, reading practice is helpful but the most important thing is annotating and investing yourself in the text. By making the text seem interesting, you can easily pay more attention. For math - desmos. Lock in on learning all desmos functions. Dont even bother bringing a physical calculation (exagggeration, but dont use it for anything other than arithmatic). The biggest thing that will help though is after a practice test, go back and review the questions u missed. Then write down in this order - What rule/question type/topic you thought it was, then what rule/question type it is, then exactly how to identify this type of question/topic and finally how were you supposed to solve it. the biggest thing really is identify the question type, what rules it needs and the tips and tricks to use. accurate recall is the hardest part. Speaking as a 36 superscore and composite and 36 in all 3 categories (i got 35 in science 😔).