Test Prep

We’ve talked about how to answer ACT Reading questions that deal in nitty gritty details, but the ACT tests more than your ability to find basic facts. The test makers have also crafted some [...]

This is Part 2 of the What to Expect on Test Day blog series. You can read Part 1 on how you should prepare the day before test day here. Last week, we looked at what to do the day before the [...]

We’ve talked before about how to avoid running out of time on the Reading section. A lot of it boils down to reading efficiently and logically eliminating answer choices. But test-takers aren’t [...]

35 minutes is not a lot of time, yet the ACT expects you to read 6–7 Science passages and answer 40 questions. Even some of the most diligent test-takers get jittery when they turn the page and [...]

In this 3-part blog series, we’ll tap into the expertise of our Senior Tutor, Owen, for tips and guidelines on what to expect before and during your official test day. There are a number of [...]

This post might seem overly simple to some of you, especially those of you born and bred in the United States. However, one consistent aspect of the Math section that I find students struggling [...]

Today I’d like to take a break from addressing specific question types in order to take a broader look at a common problem that plagues many students on the ACT: pacing. In discussing a couple of [...]

One of the more unique traits of the ACT Math section is the high frequency of relatively straightforward math problems that are disguised in potentially tricky language. These can come either in [...]

We’ve now covered at least one overall strategy for each of the four ACT sections. The last time we discussed the English section we talked about “rhetoric” questions and how to approach them. [...]

The Science section tends to be the most polarizing of the four ACT sections. While some students feel at home reading about quarks, catalysts, and cations, others find themselves completely lost [...]