ACT Strategies
Skip Questions
If you are stuck on a question, just skip it. It's a waste of time staying one one question when you could be doing more
Qaulity over Quantity
Don't focus on getting the whole test done, try and get the most questions correct.
Guessing
If you ran out of time or didn't know an answer, just bubble the same letter for all of it. It will give you a chance of getting it correct than not answering at all
Reading/English
1. Know grammar rules-make sure you know how to use commas and semicolons
2. Annotate-write in the margins, when you look back at the passage you can locate where the answer is
2. Annotate-write in the margins, when you look back at the passage you can locate where the answer is
Math
1. Chunk problems-break word problems into small chunks and translate what it's saying
2. Know formulas-knowing the formula lets you know how to get an answer
3. Draw your own figures-figures and angles are not always drawn to scale on the test
4. Substitute-put in your own numbers to make the problem easier to understand
2. Know formulas-knowing the formula lets you know how to get an answer
3. Draw your own figures-figures and angles are not always drawn to scale on the test
4. Substitute-put in your own numbers to make the problem easier to understand
Science
1. Annotate-write in the margins and map out the passage
2. Know the types of passages
-Data Representation
-Research Summaries
-Conflicting Viewpoints
2. Know the types of passages
-Data Representation
-Research Summaries
-Conflicting Viewpoints