College admissions officers consider a whole gamut of factors in addition to your test scores: high school GPA, the courses you took, extra-curricular activities, letters of recommendation from teachers and mentors, awards and commendations received, admissions interviews, and personal essays.
Follow the steps to ace the ACT:
Most schools give significant weight to your standardized test scores, hence, you need to give your best. Here are five ACT preparation tips to get you started:
1. Make a schedule for your preparation process:
Establishing a regular study schedule is the first step in getting ready for the ACT. It is best to devote a set number of hours every week to prepare to avoid having to cram the week before the exam. To determine how many hours you should prepare each week, divide the total number of preparation hours you believe you’ll need by the number of weeks before the test.
2. Use practice tests and questions to sharpen your skills:
If there was only one thing we could include in the “How to Prepare for the ACT” section, it would be to practice carefully. Practice the particular kinds of questions, subjects, and/or sections that you need more training with. Make it a point to carefully go through any questions you get wrong so that you can understand your errors and avoid them in the future. The next step in ACT preparation is finishing at least a few full practice runs. Use an approved practice test and test yourself under the same conditions as the actual test while conducting a complete practice run.
3. Improve your time management skills:
A lack of time may result in a lower score. Your chances of doing well on the ACT improve as you become more familiar with its time constraints and learn to manage them. Calculating how much time you can spend on each question on the ACT is the simplest way to manage your time. In some sections, you’ll get more time per question than in others. For instance, the English section will give you around 36 seconds for each question, whereas the maths section will give you a full minute.
4. Recognize your mistakes:
Utilize the scoring guidelines provided by ACT, located at the back of the test booklet, to determine your score after finishing the practice test. This will highlight the areas in which you are most vulnerable, the ones in which you excel. Do not superficially go through the marking scheme, but rather focus on the details and thoroughly learn from your mistakes.
5. Coaching for ACT:
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