{"id":16170,"date":"2021-07-21T06:35:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T06:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?page_id=16170"},"modified":"2025-10-09T17:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:37:43","slug":"act","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/act\/","title":{"rendered":"ACT Tips, Study Plans, and Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div   data-size='featured'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='37596'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='false'  data-slide_height=''  data-handle='av_slideshow_full'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id=''  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout='av-control-default'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-lazy_loading='disabled'  data-src=''  data-position='top left'  data-repeat='no-repeat'  data-attach='scroll'  data-stretch=''  data-default-height='28.666666666667'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1  av-control-default av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow_full   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 34.733441033926%;' ><li  class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class = \"caption_fullwidth av-slideshow-caption caption_left\"><div class = \"container caption_container\"><div class = \"slideshow_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_inner_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_align_caption\"><h2  style='font-size:22px; 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'><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:30px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"font-family: OpenSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: 600;\">FREE STUDY PLAN<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 30pt; font-height: 130%; font-weight: 300; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #240f6e;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/study\/act\/how-to-study-for-the-act-in-3-months\/\">How to Study for the ACT in\u00a03 Months<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>When crafting your ACT study calendar, be sure to plan to prep at least once a week for the entirety of the three months, or 2-3 times a week if you want to spread out the work. Review Kaplan&#8217;s free 3-month ACT study plan to get started.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: OpenSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #240f6e; font-weight: 600;\"><span style=\"color: #7825ff;\"><a style=\"color: #240f6e;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/study\/act\/how-to-study-for-the-act-in-3-months\/\"><br \/>\nLearn More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:30px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"font-family: OpenSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: 600;\">FEATURED ARTICLE<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 30pt; font-height: 130%; font-weight: 300; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #240f6e;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/study\/act\/whats-good-act-score\/\">What&#8217;s a Good ACT Score?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The ACT is scored out of 36. 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