Boost Your Score! The Unofficial Software Guide to the Real ACT

by Advantage Point Test Prep

Product Features

• Comprehensive analysis of student performance on 6 real ACT tests--The free official test on the ACT website and the 5 official tests in The Real ACT Prep Guide (sold separately)
• Pinpoints the exact areas students need to improve
• Resource database of tutorials, quizzes, worksheets, and links to boost every skill tested on the ACT
• Bonus strategy worksheets full of proven (and sometimes sneaky) test-taking strategies for each section of the ACT
• Includes little-known, easy to program programs for your TI calculator that will save you time, energy, and brainpower on the ACT math section.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• ASIN: B002MS69OE
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 25, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #205 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #1 in Software > Education & Reference > Test Preparation
  • #42 in Software > The Mac Software Store

Product Description

Congratulations! You have stumbled upon one of the most powerful ACT test prep tools on the market.

Because the ACT is so predictable, taking and analyzing official ACT tests is key to success on test day. Therefore, we strongly recommend that students study with ACT, Inc.'s The Real ACT Prep Guide, the only book on the market with real ACTs. However, this book has several shortcomings.
-The Real Guide doesn't give you a "big picture" view of the skills you need to improve.

-Even if you realize what skills you need to improve, the Real ACT Prep Guide doesn't review any skills tested on the ACT.

-The Real ACT Prep Guide doesn't offer practice problems.

-The Real ACT Prep Guide doesn't offer "sneaky" strategies. After all, this would be a conflict of interest for them.

Boost Your Score! is the solution. This software offers:
-A comprehensive analysis of students' strengths and weaknesses based on performance on 6 real ACT tests (the free test on the ACT website and the 5 tests in The Real ACT Prep Guide)*.

-Pinpoints the exact skills students need to improve

-Comprehensive review of all skills tested on the ACT

-Links to practice problems, quizzes, interactive worksheets, and tutorials to boost any skills needing improvement.

-Powerful, proven strategies for all sections

Requires: Internet connection to access resources. As of 9/1/11, software does not require MS Excel.

*We provide a link to the free practice ACT on the ACT website. The other 5 tests are in The Real ACT Prep Guide.
(Please note that the tests in the (much cheaper) previous version of the Real ACT Prep Guide are identical to the first 3 ACTs in the newer version and can also be scored by the software. Either version can also be found at your local library for free.)

**ACT ® is a registered trademark of ACT, Inc., which neither sponsors nor endorses this product.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very, very useful product, September 3, 2009

By 

jmaster613 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boost Your Score! The Unofficial Software Guide to the Real ACT (CD-ROM)

I hope it is okay for me to review this product even if I did not buy it through Amazon. My daughter used Boost Your Score! as part of the Advantage Point test prep program in Cleveland. This software helped her get a 34 composite score, with 36's on both the math and the English sections. This software helped her target the exact areas she needed to improve to get a higher score. Then, it had lots of review and practice for the areas she needed to bring up. By the time my daughter took the ACT in April, she had taken all four official ACTs scored by Boost Your Score and completed all the resources in the software. She was completely comfortable with the test and received her 34.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple but powerful software -- increased my score by 6 points, October 4, 2009

By 

Doba Abrams (Boca Raton, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boost Your Score! The Unofficial Software Guide to the Real ACT (CD-ROM)

This software helped me increase my composite ACT score by 6 points. I used it along with the Real ACT Prep Guide and I would definitely recommend this combination to anyone looking to improve their ACT score. One thing nobody mentioned about Boost Your Score that I would have liked to know beforehand:

This software includes strategy and review packets for each subject. These strategies really work! (I know their two-sweep reading strategy is the reason my reading section score increased by 4 points between the June and September tests). But I think it's good to know that these packets are actually PDFs embedded into the software, which makes this product kind of a software/Ebook hybrid.

Now, I loved this for two reasons:
1) I could easily print out the particular packet I wanted to study that day--for example, science passage strategies, or the math pre-algebra review, or whatever--and take that with me wherever I needed to go. This worked great for me. It was easier than bringing a heavy prep book with me and I could just focus on that particular subject. If I didn't feel like printing the packet, I could also easily read it on the screen.

2) I could easily print them out if I wanted to work on the math problems on paper or make notes on any of the strategy sheets. I should note here that I also bought the Kaplan software and never used it. I HATED the format exactly because I couldn't do this. The fact is, I will be taking the real ACT on paper, so I want to be able to work on practice problems on paper. The Kaplan software materials just didn't print well at all since they were not meant to be printed. Since the Boost Your Score packets are in PDF form, they print perfectly. And if you don't want to print them, I think they are actually easier to read as on-screen PDFs then a regular software format would be. I hope this makes sense.

I think this is an important thing to mention since it makes this software product a little different from other test prep products out there.

Also, I want to mention that they have a lot of links to quizzes and tutorials that require internet. This was fine for me since I have a great connection at home and at school. It may be a problem for someone with internet connection issues.

Overall, I think this is a great product and I have recommended it to all my friends.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product!, September 30, 2009

By 

Jessica Ahoubim - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boost Your Score! The Unofficial Software Guide to the Real ACT (CD-ROM)

This software is really helpful and the sellers were great. The software arrived with a letter explaining how to use it and telling me to e-mail them right away if I had any questions or even just needed moral support. Overall, I really liked it. The materials were really, really good. After I went through all the resources, I felt like I actually needed a bit more preparation in a particular area (trigonometry), so I contacted the company/seller (I believe they are one and the same). While the software had trig review stuff, I finished it all and thought I needed more. The sellers responded immediately with even more resources and ideas for me. Talk about great service!


Update: my September scores came back and my scores increased from a 26 to a 30!