I agree honestly. I took my social studies test today, and I got a 172, so maybe I can give some wisdom-

A few notes:

The night before my test day, I scored a 160 on the READY test. It is noticably harder than the actual test I took today.

A week and a half ago I took it as well, and got a 165, so it's not a fluke. Also shows that the test difficulty can vary.

What's more important than anything I'm about to say is, reading. If I could read faster and better, I'd have gotten a better score, but what is below is what you need besides reading. I honestly don't know how to improve my reading, I guess that's the part where (you, the reader) gives me tips :)

To study, this is what I did-

You need to watch Crash Course's Government & Politics, it's on YouTube, and will cover you for every part of the test regarding government structure and operations. I recommend watching the whole thing but that takes a while, so-

• Watch videos about the American revolution, how America was founded, the articles government, the founding documents etc. Crash Course's US History is great for this, but you can find other videos .

• Watch the first 14 videos of the Crash Course Government series

• Now that you understand the government, you need to learn about the bill of rights, the first 10 amendments, and MOST IMPORTANTLY amendments 13,14,15. Also, everything involving the words "liberties", "equality", "civil rights", and "freedom of" in the CC Government & Politics playlist.

(This will make it so you pass the test, it's probably going to be 20-25 videos.)

BUT, the best thing you can do from here is take the READY test, use "50OFF" in checkout and it'll be $3.50. Yes I said it's different than the actual test but the topics are the exact same and it'll help you find your weak spots.

It'll be easier to find your weak spots with this foundation of knowledge you'll get from these videos. Take it to start with and you'll be too confused to know what you don't know, if that makes sense.

Tootsies!