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  • June 22, 2005 at 5:18 pm #22683
    bargerquitman
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    Can you realistically raise your ACT after taking it several times? I only have 2 more opportunities and have hit a brick wall in terms of raising my score.

    July 14, 2005 at 11:47 pm #29917
    JayLenoIsADork
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    Study the fundamentals, dude. The ACT is all about what you know!

    Get “Getting into the ACT” (the official stuff) and practice as much as you can. I would also try “Cracking the ACT” (from PR, which IMHO is the next best thing after official stuff)) for general strategies and for more practice tests. I have the 2005 book (I think 2006 is out now, not sure, don’t need it! lol) and it is really solid.

    What are you scoring now? What are you trying to get to?

    March 25, 2006 at 11:25 am #31038
    theoneandonly
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    take your time, dont rush

    October 12, 2006 at 5:01 pm #32017
    brandonw_395
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    If you tried your best and hit a brick wall, then move on. Don’t kill yourself. Try to improve something else instead like your essays.

    February 15, 2007 at 11:20 am #32552
    jalk25
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    Depends on how hard and how smart you were about your prep studying.

    March 18, 2007 at 4:27 pm #32685
    wozzie
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    Study smart but dont be lured by books and courses high on promises.

    You still have to put in the effort.

    November 26, 2007 at 3:23 pm #33577
    eagle-scout
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    Looks like sound advise to me [:)]

    January 11, 2008 at 10:19 pm #33889
    ginger
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    What really helped me was to get study guide software that had puzzles and games on it. I would get comfortable, listen to music, and do ACT study-games every evening after school. I basically did this instead of watching TV. The games kept my interest whereas a regular study guide was horribly boring. I raised my score from 29 to 33 doing this. I wish I could tell you what software I had, but it’s been too many years (it was on a 3.5″ floppy!)

    I used the same strategy for the GRE and I saw a major improvement in my vocabulary score within days.

    Good luck!

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