While the ACT doesn’t ask questions directly about vocabulary, they will test your vocabulary in about three ways: by asking you about the author’s word choice, asking you to infer what a word means from its context, or asking you what word best fits in a sentence. We’ll explain each of these question types in detail below, with examples to help you understand how they are presented on the test.
You think you need to do about a hundred things to do well on a standardized test like the ACT or SAT. You really only need one: content ownership.
Finals are more challenging than standard unit tests because they contain material from multiple units; in other words, they’re cumulative. Not only do you need to remember the information you learned this month, but also information you may have learned at the beginning of the semester! However, learning a few key skills to learn will help you with your finals and any cumulative test you face.
Do you have trouble staying focused on the ACT Reading section? To stay focused and read faster, you need to engage with the text.
College admissions officers look at a variety of criteria when evaluating your college application: your SAT or ACT score, your high school GPA, and your extracurricular activities. They also take a look at your high school transcript. But how important are your high school grades, in particular your junior year grades, for college admissions?
The ACT Science section will test your knowledge of how to read and interpret data through graphs, tables, and diagrams. Review examples of the graphs, tables, diagrams you’ll see on the test:
If you’re trying to boost your ACT score, the English section is the easiest to tackle. Here’s why: there is only a handful of technical grammar content covered and there are really only a handful of rhetorical skills covered.
On this fine Halloween 2020, we’re sharing 5 study tips from none other than the queen of the wizarding world, Hermione Granger!
We’ve identified six strategies students use that they think help them prepare for the test…but aren’t really as helpful as they believe and should be avoided. Today we are going to take a look at what students and parents often think they want or need in test prep and what actually works best for students.
