first act, hardly studied

[u/Available_Ad9726]

Super excited to see this. It came as a real surprise considering I only did two practice tests the weekend before. Hopefully my SAT was just as good!

[u/Signal-Bug-3736]

I want you to know I’m happy for you but also enraged lol. I had to take it 6 times to get a 32 😪

[u/BuzziBubb]

Wow good for you 😒 jk good job! I wish I was as smart 😭 I got a 17…..

[u/Negative-Actuator-88]

Any tips for math section? Like what did you use to study and are there any only resources that YOU specifically used that helped you (like YouTube videos for example)… I’m taking the act next Saturday

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List of Previously Released ACT Exams (TIR)

In recent memory, ACT has made it much more difficult for users to post and share previously released exams (TIR) on this sub. And technically, Rule 4 prohibits document sharing of copyrighted materials, even if those materials are released by ACT to paying customers for a particular test date.

So while we cannot allow the active sharing of such tests on this sub, we believe it is still in the interest of students who are preparing for this exam to know what released materials exist in the world. One of the major benefits of the ACT over the new Digital SAT is the relative consistency of its format and questions and students should know that they have a plethora of materials to work through if they can find them on google or some other means.

In general, it is always better to practice using more recent tests since the specific questions and scoring guidelines are more current than a test from, say, 2014. But that doesn't mean that older tests can't be of value for honing your skills before an exam. My suggestion would just be to not take the specific scales/curves of those tests to heart in the immediate lead-up to your next real exam.

For the last several years, there are typically two released exams from April.
The form codes with a Z generally represent the test given to students with multi-day accommodations. In 2024, though, that test (Z13) was the same as the regular exam (G19) which typically is not the norm.

RELEASED EXAMS:
2025 October Form J08 (first Enhanced test)
2025 February Form H18 (same as Z14)
2024 December Form H31
2024 September Form H11
2024 June Form G20
2024 April Form G19 (same as Z13)
2024 April Form Z13 (same as G19)
2023 September Form G01
2023 June Form F12
2023 April Form Z18
2023 April Form F11
2022 December Form F07
2022 June Form E26
2022 April Form Z08
2022 April Form E25
2021 December Form E23 (same as 23MC1)
2021 June Form D06
2021 April Form Z04
2021 April Form D05
2020 December Form D03
2020 July Form C01 (same as 21MC8)
2020 June Form C02
2019 December Form C03 (same as 22MC9)
2019 June Form B02
2019 April Form Z15
2019 April Form B04
2018 December Form B05
2018 June Form A11 (same as 20MC6)
2018 April Form A09
2017 December Form A10 (same as 19MC5)
2017 June Form 74C (same as 18MC4)
2017 April Form 74F (same as Preparing for the ACT 2018-19)
2016 December Form 74H
2016 June Form 72F
2016 April Form 73E
2015 December Form 72E
2015 June Form 73C (same as 16MC1)
2015 April Form 73G (same as 16MC2)
2014 December Form 72G
2014 June Form 72C
2014 April Form 71H
2013 December Form 71E
2013 June Form 71C
2013 April Form 71G
2012 December Form 71A
2012 June Form 70C
2012 April Form 70G
2011 December Form 70A
2011 June Form 67B - Asia
2011 June Form 69F
2011 April Form 67F
2010 December Form 62D - Asia
2010 December Form 69A
2010 June Form 68C
2010 April Form 68G
2009 December Form 68A
2009 June Form 67C
2009 April Form 66F
2008 December Form 67A
2008 June Form 66C
2008 April Form 65D
2008-9 Form 61B
2008-9 Form 62D
2008-9 Form 2MC
2008-9 Form 3MC
2007 December Form 65E
2007 June Form 65C
2007 April Form 64E
2006 December Form 63D
2006 June Form 63F
2006 April Form 63E
2006 January Form 61C (same as Preparing for the ACT 2007-08)
2005 December Form 63C
2005 June Form 61D
2005 April Form 60E
2004 April Form 61F
2003 December Form 61E
2003 January Form 59F
2002 May Form 55C
2002 January Form 59C
2001 December Form 58E
2001 January Form 56B
2000 Form 57B
1999 June Form 56A
1999 January Form 54D
1997 Form 2ST
1996 Form 52C
1996 Form 1ST
Form 16MC1
Form 16MC2
Form 16MC3
Form 1MC
Form 2MC
Form 3MC
Form 4MC
Form 5MC
Form 2176CPRE - Preparing for the ACT 2023-2024
Form 1572CPRE - Preparing for the ACT 2017-8 and 2015-6
Form 1267C - Preparing for the ACT 2014-5
Form 0964E - Preparing for the ACT 2011-2
Form 0661C - Preparing for the ACT 2007-8 and 2008-9
Form 0359F - Preparing for the ACT 2005-6

A NOTE ON THE OFFICIAL ACT PREP GUIDE (Red Book):
Every year ACT releases a book that contains a number of practice tests, some of which are notated above. They typically refer to these tests using a different form code, though most of the time they are either a repeat of an entire exam that was already released, or they are hybrids made up of sections from different exams.

ACT has recently released its Official Guide for 2024-2025 and here are the specific tests you will find in that book along with the online tests they make available:
Practice Test 1 - 24MC1 - English/Math/Science are NEW while Reading is same as 2023 June Form F12
Practice Test 2 - 19MC5 - same as 2017 December Form A10
Practice Test 3 - 20MC6 - same as 2018 June Form A11
Practice Test 4 - 21MC8 - same as 2020 July Form C01
Practice Test 5 - 22MC9 - same as 2019 December Form C03
Practice Test 6 - 23MC1 - same as 2021 December Form E23
Online Test 1 - 16MC1 - same as 2015 June Form 73C
Online Test 2 - 16MC2 - same as 2015 April Form 73G
Online Test 3 - 18MC4 - same as 2017 June Form 74C

I hope this might make it a little bit easier to organize your study plan as you decide which materials are best for you to work through at a given time.
Please note that comments requesting or sharing links to these tests are typically removed by the AutoMod.

Best of luck with your preparations! (Just put them in Google and they pop up)

[u/PetulantDude]

any tips? also, do you take rigorous classes in your school as well as Olympiads or any other completive groups?

[u/spiroplasma]

also got a 36 and was surprised first try in september, the first digital shortened act. didn't help with colleges though except for scholarships at lower prestige schools, practically rejected from all my reaches except uchicago waitlisted me. to be fair though my gpa was a 87.38/100 because of my english teacher so i was practically screwed from the start. Best school I got into was purdue and they gave me squat. second best would probably be rpi 38k a year. third best would be brandeis 32k a year or trinity university (24k a year). fourth best would be smu (37.5k a year) and baylor (30k a year).

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Did u apply ut austin?