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Your ACT test score is one of the top three things that a college looks at when considering your entrance into their school. Your score on this very important test is just as, if not more important than your accumulative GPA. Changing your GPA takes effort all throughout school and takes a long time. Your ACT score however, is quite easy to improve with a solid ACT study and preparation plan. And, if you improve even just one or two points on this test you could save a couple thousand dollars in college tuition annually!
But how can you do this? All you need to do is practice some questions from each area that this test covers. The ACT test sometimes has tricky questions. For example: In the math portion of the test there are four, sometimes five answers to each question. Tricky part is, every single answer listed is possible to get if you do the problem different ways. So it is imperative that you do the problem correctly the first time.
The English portion of the test involves reading stories and answering questions about those stories. This is often the hardest part for some students because in the hour you have to complete the English portion, there are so many stories to read and not enough time to read them. You must practice this section with a practice test in order to get better at skimming and picking out important information. You can not spend too much time on any one question or section because you will fall behind and you will not finish.
Any person can make some parts of an ACT test seem easy. It simply takes time and practice. Go find a free ACT test, complete it and get it scored. See the portions you need to improve on and work on them. There are a couple places that can help you practice and improve. More often then not, high schools offer ACT review sessions. There are also local test preparation centers that do a very good job at preparing you for your test. True, this second option will cost some money but the money invested in honing your skills will be no where near the amount this professional help will return when your higher score gets you even more scholarship money.
Of course, after you have studied and practiced for the ACT you should take a second different practice test. Once you've completed this process of practice test-preparation-practice test your scores should have risen as will your confidence when you take the ACT for real. You may find that all the ACT test practice you just did may have raised your scores by three or four points, and given you four or five thousand dollars in scholarship money annually. $16,000 to $20,000 off your college tuition and all it took was practice, preparation and practice. It is well worth it!!
