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I am an ACT Tutor who used this book for students. This edition is chock full of discrepencies and is very poorly edited. The answers keys are often just wrong, or the explanation offered for the answer doesn't make sense. It's a shame, because this is the only book that offers 10 tests.
The English sections feature run-ons and incorrect usage of commas, while the math section is way too easy to be a real ACT test. I have done almost every test in the book and have found it to be extremely inaccurate. The science is also too easy. Some questions have multiple answers and some don't even make sense. I have scored 30+ in every other ACT book but only a 25 in this one. Overall, the book is full of errors and cannot help anyone raise their score. Use THE REAL ACT PREP GUIDE, made by the official ACT makers.
In depth detailing to help you understand the how's, why's, yes' and no's. Perfect for the adult going back to school.
My daughter used this book to help her prepare for the ACT test. She indicated that is was very helpful.
Like another reviewer mentioned, the tests did seem a little easier than the real thing. I have been working to get a 99th percentile ACT score without spending big bucks on private tutoring or a prep class. Sneaky, right. I used this book, The Real ACT Prep Guide: The Only Official Prep Guide From The Makers Of The ACT, Boost Your Score.
I had to learn out to "out think" the test. The Unofficial Software Guide to the Real ACT, a Kaplan book,The ACT For Dummies and a Princeton Review book. I took the test in June and September and I have been studying since last December.Here is how I felt about this product. I feel like I have been through nearly every ACT prep product sold on Amazon. There's something nice about having so many practice tests in one place. But two of the answer choices would be the roots themselves.
Generally, the McGraw-Hill tests were just not that sneaky. In my case, I really had to practice more than just skills.
It gave me the flexibility to play around with different test sections as I worked on proper pacing, without having to worry I was "wasting" a test (as I felt with the Real ACT Prep Guide, since it only has 3 tests in it). I figured I should post a review with my feelings about these products to prevent other students from having to do all the shopping around that I did.
For me, I found that using official tests worked best to teach me how to do that. When I worked with materials that relied on official ACT materials (the Real ACT Prep Guide and the Boost Your Score software that is compatible with it) I found that many math problems required multiple steps, with a small sneaky hook at the end.
For example, you'd have to solve a quadratic equation, but then the question would ask you what the PRODUCT of the two roots was. That said, I still thought this product was helpful and I would recommend it to others.
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