Crash Course for the ACT

by The Princeton Review and The Princeton Review

10 Simple Steps to a Higher Score--in Less Than 1 Week! Crash Course for the ACT, 4th Edition ?is designed for the student who has put off studying until the last minute. It details the most critical... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375427627
• ISBN13: 9780375427626
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Princeton Review
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Great help for the ACT!

We got this book two days before my daughter took the ACT. She read about 20 minutes on what she felt was her weakest area. That area increased from 22 (residual) to 26. Not bad for 20 minutes work. She is 15, so she will be taking it again, prior to graduation. This book will help even more over the next couple of years.

Great Aid!

This book is basically amazing! It is written by a man who's gotten a perfect score on the ACT over six times and he takes the test every time it is administered so that he can learn more about it each time. If you are a student who waits until literally the week before to start studying for the ACT, I HIGHLY recommend this book. It provides helpful tips (e.g. the fact that the answer "its'" should never be chosen because it is grammatically impossible) that help you master the ACT! Also, it is spot-on about what you should do to get through the test without running out of time.

Best Single Book for ACT Prep

Like many parents, we bought and borrowed several lengthy ACT prep books. Already with a high score, our son wanted to raise his score even more and qualify for a university presidential scholarship. After his first ACT test, my son read all the books and said that the small "Crash Course for the ACT" taught him all the test strategy he needed to know and was the best single book he used. He brought his score from 31 to a 34 the second time he took the test-- and yes, he did get the great scholarship. I've felt the book taught my son skills for college, not just for the ACT. My son mentioned during his first semester of college that he was using the strategies he had learned from "Crash Course for the ACT" when he took his college tests. This is a small book that teaches all the strategy a student needs to know without overwhelming them. Plus it's small enough that a student can read it several times. I'd also recommend putting in some extra study in the areas where the student has their lowest scores from the first test, and I recommend a student doing a few practice tests, which are available on the College Board site as well as elsewhere on the web.

Get what you pay for

Only ACT prep book I used and I got a 33.

Compact, helpful....

...but don't count on this for all your preparation. This little book will give you a basic run-through on ACT preparation and will point up areas in which you might need work, but I would consider it more appropriate for a 1st review book well ahead of exam time or for a last ditch effort for anyone who has procrastinated a bit too long. I gave it 4 stars instead of 3 because it promises no more than what it delivers, a "crash course".