How can i study for the ACT?

How do I study for the ACT?

• I'm a junior in high school and plan to take the ACT in June. Ive been doing some studying for the past few weeks, but I'm not sure how to study effectively when I only have about a half an hour a day to study. Is 4 months even enough time to study? What is a good daily study strategy? I want to get at least a 28.

• Answer:

  Four months should be enough if you use it wisely. Buy (or borrow from your local library to save money) several different ACT prep books and spend time on each book (probably 2-3 weeks on each book) to get a good overall feel for what's on the test. I probably spent only about half an hour to an hour on the weekends to study for the ACT, and skimmed through the books. I picked out several problems from the problem sets in each section of the books and worked on those, instead of spending hours doing a whole practice test (I personally don't find those helpful, but it might be for some). The important thing is just to know where your strengths and weaknesses are, and focus mostly on the sections which you're not so good at. Plus, it's really a good idea to read the hints that the test prep books offer in the actual prep sections because there are some that are really useful (skip the intros, usually there isn't anything important in those sections and tend to be redundant).