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| Author: Act
Publisher: Thomson - Peterson's
Category: Book
Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 6199
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 621
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.3 x 1.5
ISBN: 0768919754
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.1662
UPC: 085044019959
EAN: 9780768919752
Publication Date: August 7, 2005
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| Customer Reviews:
 Taking the ACT, this book is a "must have"! January 13, 2005
19 out of 22 found this review helpful
The Real ACT Prep Guide is a great resource for preparing for the test. I can't understand why anyone would pay hundreds of dollars for a classroom course or private tutor, when they can just buy this book? The Real ACT Prep Guide allowed me to work at my own pace, whenever I wanted to, 24/7. Most importantly the "retired" practice test questions have given me a major confidence boost for the upcoming ACT.
 ACT January 9, 2006
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
I needed a 32 on my act score, and got a 31 before, so I checked out a few books from the library on ACT test review. I found this book helpful because it gives you actual tests, and has more tests than most ACT books come with. But, it does not give you the most helpful hints on how to become better. I would recommend Kaplan or Princeton Review series ACT books to help you get better at the ACT. I would recommend this book after you have studied these tips and would like to practice the timing and see what your score will most likely be.
Very nice March 27, 2006
15 out of 19 found this review helpful
I guess this book just owns everything else.
The test and its scoring are a bit weird, but it is still much more fair than its more famous counterpart, SAT. The tests, along with full explanations are very authentic indeed. And -while nothing very cunning- the tips are somewhat helpful as well. Anyway, I guess its results are best to illustrate with numbers.
I am a Romanian student who is in the best 5 people in Physics in his generation (seniors) (i got 800/800 in maths and physics) so theoretically I should have had problems only in English and Reading. I did some tests on my computer (Princeton Review stuff) and stopped at about 27-30. Then I bought this book and the scores were steadily improving and in the end I got a 35 too! At the test I got a 34-34-34-29 (Science has some ambiguous questions and sometimes harsh scoring too). Anyway I am very satisfied with the book. Top of the notch.
An Essential ACT Prep Tool July 10, 2006
11 out of 19 found this review helpful
I purchased this book to prepare for the ACT. It familiarizes you with exactly what you need for the test. It's excellent for long-term preparation, but you can even use it in a crunch. I flipped through some of the pages the night before I took the ACT and had never opened up the book before, read through some things, and I ended up getting a perfect composite score of 36. You don't need any resource other than this one in preparing for the ACT.
 Not as Great as it seems March 16, 2007
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is really great if all your big need is some practice test.
BUT, if you looking for something to renew your lesson, this book is NOT the one. Yes it does have some explanation and such, but it is not enough to make you learn the things that you should know, not just the right answer but how to get to it.
I use the Cracking ACT from Princeton Review, it is really nice, refresh your memory about those lesson from back at school time, help you to understand better how to do things, not just what the right answer is. More like a guide and a teacher, teaching you how to solve the problem too. It really helpful to me, more than this book it self.
When I do the test questions in this REAL ACT book, yes there are answers with tiny explanation of why the right answer is what, but not in detail of how to get to that right answer in deep. Pretty hard to understood if you have no idea how to do algebra at least in basic ( forgot about them or other reasons ).
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