Updated for the Enhanced ACT. This two month ACT study schedule was rebuilt for the shorter Enhanced ACT, where English, Math, and Reading make up your Composite score and Science and Writing are optional. Every lesson, quiz, and practice test it links to is current in your Magoosh ACT account.
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Who this two month ACT study schedule is for
Two months is the sweet spot for most students. It is long enough to work through every high-value topic on the Enhanced ACT and fix what your practice tests reveal, and short enough that you will not lose steam. Plan on about an hour a day, five days a week, plus a practice test every other weekend.
How the eight weeks work
- Kickoff weekend: ACT Test 1 as a diagnostic.
- Days 1 to 4 each week: assigned lessons, quizzes, and practice sets, about 55 to 70 minutes a day with a time listed for every item.
- Day 5 is Your Pick: review your latest test, run custom practice, and work through a module you choose.
- Five full practice tests: the diagnostic plus tests after Weeks 2, 4, 6, and 7, each reviewed the following Monday. The in-between weekends offer an optional extra test or a catch-up weekend.
- A strong finish: Week 8 targets the three topics still costing you points, then ends with a rest day.
- Science and Writing: optional tracks every week, timed separately. Science covers every lesson and quiz in the course; Writing covers every lesson plus three practice essays.
What you will cover
Every Most common and Common topic on the Enhanced ACT: in English, writer’s goal, sentence structure, punctuation, organization, word choice, and grammar; in Math, word problems, percents and ratios, algebra and systems, lines and coordinate geometry, quadratics, functions, exponents and roots, geometry, trigonometry basics, statistics, and probability; in Reading, every question type plus the passage-type lessons. Two Desmos sessions are included for students testing online.
Before you start
You will need a Magoosh ACT Premium account and a notebook for your weak-spot list. Not sure where you stand yet? Take our free ACT practice test first. Looking for a different timeline? See all five Magoosh ACT study schedules.
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