Up Your Score: ACT, 2018-2019 Edition: The Underground Guide to Outsmarting "The Test"

by Chris Arp, Jon Fish, Zack Swafford, Ava Chen

Overview

Fully updated to reflect the most current version of the ACT, Up Your Score: ACT remains the test prep and survival guide that kids will actually want to use. Written by Chris Arp, a Princeton graduate and top ACT tutor—with the help of four students who aced the test (and went on to the colleges of their choice)—it’s a true insider’s guide, filled with effective strategies and tips, delivered with the attitude, smarts, and wit that make Up Your Score the bestselling alternative test-prep series in print.

▪ Crush the reading section by developing the Five Habits of Lean Forward Reading.
▪ Master the math section through techniques like “plugging in,” an amazing trick that simplifies all algebra word problems.
▪ Annihilate the English section by absorbing six key punctuation and nine essential grammar rules.
▪ Sail through the science section by understanding that it actually tests reasoning.
▪ Plus, the latest information on ACT scoring and the essay test, revised in 2015 to be more open-ended and analytical.

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761193661
Publisher:	Workman Publishing Company
Publication date:	09/19/2017
Series:	Up Your Score
Edition description:	2018-2019 Edition
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	15 - 18 Years

About the Author

Chris Arp is a veteran and highly sought-after test-prep tutor at Veritas (now called Zinc Educational Services). He has a BA from Princeton and a Masters in Education from Brooklyn College and is writing a novel.

Ava Chen is a senior at MIT, studying mechanical engineering. 

Jon Fish graduated in three years from the University of Kentucky with a degree in history and political science. He plans to attend law school.

Zack Swafford is getting a masters in artificial intelligence at Stanford.

Guest editor Devon Kerr scored a perfect 36 on the ACT and is a junior at Northwestern.