Cracking the ACT with Sample Tests on CD-ROM, 2002 Edition [With CDROM]

by Geoff Martz, Kim Magloire, Theodore Silver

The Princeton Review realizes that acing the ACT is very different from getting straight As in school. The Princeton Review doesn't try to teach students everything there is to know about math,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375762345
• ISBN13: 9780375762345
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Princeton Review
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

AWESOME BOOK!!

Before using this book, my verbal score was only a 21. After using this book, it's a 30! My science score was only a 23 and now it's a 31! My math score also shot up 4 points because of this book. If you want something that's easy to understand and will boost your score quickly, this book is it. I give it 5 stars and recommend it to anyone taking the ACT!

Clever and Contageous!

This book was very helpful for me in preparing for my ACT. It is filled with an abundance of tips and lessons that take you directly to the information you will definitely need to master! It was easy to study and even led me to want to read further... I would recommend it to anyone!

Great Review

Before purchasing this book, I bought the Peterson's and Sparknotes ACT preparation books. The Peterson's book is terrible, and its practice tests are impossible to score well on (along with this, they are definitely not comparable to the real ACT test). The Sparknotes book is excellent with its English concepts, but its Reading, Science and Math weren't as good. Cracking the ACT contained not only great practice tests, but its English and Math reviews helped me a lot! I took a diagnostic test in the Peterson's book and scored in the low twenties for Math and English (I didn't even attempt the others because the book was terrible). After reviewing the Princeton Review book, I was able to score a 29 and 30 on Math and English, respectively on the real test. The Science portion also gave good strategies pertaining its questions. For the Reading and Science sections, all I would recommend you do is to start READING BOOKS! You can't really "study" for these sections, so I would advise you to start checking out/buying some books for your spare time if you want to do well on these parts. This book, however, gave good formats on how to approach these questions. Overall, this book was very helpful, and I will continue to study it for when I take the ACT again this summer.

A great book for the last minute person

This book was great! having taken the ACT before my score was a 21. I had scored a low 22 in the verbal part of the test. Obviously i registered again. Now i have to admitt; I am a last minute type of person. I had an older version of this book and the day before the test i started to study. yet wasn't such a good tactic was it? Well the only part of the book i was able to review and study was the beginning, the verbal section. And surely enough my previous verbal score of 23 shot up to a 30! As for the rest of my score, that's another matter. I am registering for the ACt again, and this time i am studying the whole book. So if you are in a race for time then buy this book. A worth while investment i might add.