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Posted on 05.28.08 by Todd Johnson 3 Comments

Studying for ACT may not help

A new study out of Chicago reinforces what I have suggested in the past and that is that spending too much time preparing to take the ACT is not beneficial. The study found, in part, that studying to much was not beneficial because it took time away from studying the broad content knowledge that students need to know to do well on the ACT.

This is not to say that a student should go in cold to the ACT and just see what happens. At the very least the student should have reviewed the instructions of the exam before taking the test so as to not waste time reading instructions the day of the exam. I also suggest that a student take at least one practice exam just to get some level of comfort with taking this type of test. However, spending a great deal of time in review for the ACT is probably not beneficial.

The SAT is more susceptible to test preparation and I will often recommend that a student do more test preparation for the SAT if they have chosen to take that test. However, this is a point os diminishing return where spending too much time, even on the SAT, is not beneficial.

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Todd Johnson is the founder of College Admissions Partners. Todd regularly teaches other independent college admissions counselors and is the country's leading expert in BS/MD admissions. He is also the author of a best selling book on BS/MD admissions.

Comments

  1. Mark Truman says

    June 21, 2008 at 3:25 am

    I can’t disagree with these findings enough!

    The Chicago program was a classic example of the wrong kind of prep. The teachers received little to no additional training and focused on drilling kids repeatedly. That’s not going to work for the ACT, a test that relies strongly on timing and less on trickiness.

    There is obviously a point of diminishing returns, but students should definitely look at real preparation for the ACT!

  2. Avatar photoTodd Johnson says

    June 21, 2008 at 12:22 pm

    I agree and certainly didn’t mean to suggust that prep for the ACT shouldn’t be done. But in my experience, prep for the SAT often brings greater results than for the ACT because of the “trickiness” of the SAT.

  3. Mark Truman says

    June 22, 2008 at 8:59 am

    Todd,

    I’ve worked at several test prep corporations. Some of them have great ACT programs, some do not. Generally every SAT program is pretty good and tends to get results.

    Personally, I’ve seen much bigger improvements through ACT prep, but only if the program is well designed.

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