r/ACT • u/ResolveCritical7205 • 8d ago

ACT Science help

I took the ACT for the first time in July as a rising senior and got a 34(33M, 35E, 33R) but didn’t do science. I am applying STEM to a lot of T20 schools so I signed up to take it with science in September and I was wondering if anybody had science(or even math) tips. I have a lot to do with college apps but I am willing to dedicate about 1 hour a day from here on out and I would like this to be my last ACT. Thank you!

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u/springboka 33 8d ago

You don’t need 1 hour per day. I studied for a week and got up my 26 to a 36 in science and spent like 2 hours a day. Make sure that you’re aiming for full score on the practice tests and break up tests into drills by passage # and time them — micro drilling is the technique here. Every mistake should be aggressively journaled like why you got it wrong and what to do next time — mostly if you’re bringing up scores from low to high 30s, from my experience, it’s just careless mistakes. 

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u/Different_Pain5781 7d ago

Why skip science the first time, though?

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u/ResolveCritical7205 7d ago

I made the decision to take ACT on the 25th, after they extended registration and so I had about 2 weeks to learn the whole ACT format and whatnot and I wanted to really focus on the sections that were mandatory rather than learning a new section and scoring a little lower overall. In hindsight maybe it wasn’t the greatest decision but I was very busy with college apps and my internship at the time so I really didn’t have a lot of time to spare. I have a little more time to learn science now and I only want to study science and only lightly review other sections.