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Study Guides

Strategy notes that are actually useful.

Long-form guides covering ACT pacing, scoring, section-by-section strategy, and the high-yield concepts that show up over and over. Each guide is written as if a tutor were walking you through the material — no padding, no buzzwords.

Strategy

30-Day ACT Study Plan

A four-week study plan that gets you from a diagnostic test to test day with structured daily practice.

Strategy

ACT Pacing Guide

How fast you actually need to go on each section, with per-question time targets and triage tactics.

English

ACT English: Section Overview

Everything you need to know about the structure, scoring, and strategy of the ACT English section.

Math

ACT Math: Section Overview

Everything you need to know about the structure, scoring, and strategy of the ACT Math section.

Reading

ACT Reading: Section Overview

Everything you need to know about the structure, scoring, and strategy of the ACT Reading section.

Science

ACT Science: Section Overview

Everything you need to know about the structure, scoring, and strategy of the ACT Science section.

English

The Five Comma Rules You Need to Know

Every comma question on the ACT comes down to one of five rules. Memorize them and the punctuation section gets a lot easier.

Math

ACT Math Formulas You Must Memorize

A short list of the formulas that show up on every ACT — keep them on a notecard until they are second nature.

Reading

How to Read Each ACT Reading Passage Type

Different passage types reward different reading approaches. Treating them all the same costs you points.

Science

The Three ACT Science Passage Types

Data Representation, Research Summaries, and Conflicting Viewpoints — different passages, different strategies.

Strategy

Test Day Checklist

Everything to bring, do, and avoid on the morning of your ACT.

How the guides are organized

Guides are grouped by section (English, Math, Reading, Science) plus general strategy and scoring. Strategy guides are short — they're meant to give you a few specific habits to apply on practice tests, not to lecture you. Concept guides are longer and include worked examples; treat them like a reference, not a textbook to read cover-to-cover.

If you're starting from scratch and have a month: read the 30-day study plan guide first, then the section overviews for your weakest two sections. If you have less than two weeks: read the last-minute pacing guide and one or two specific concept guides on topics you keep missing.