ACT

The ACT is the exam that is used by many universities to make admissions and scholarship decisions. Just like the SAT, the purpose of the ACT is to measure a student’s readiness for college. College admissions officers will review ACT and/or SAT scores, your GPA, letters of recommendation from teachers, EC (extracurricular activities) and personal essays. The higher you scores on the ACT and/or SAT, the higher chance of attending college in your dream. Most Junior students take the ACT, SAT, during the spring or Seniors take them in Fall. Here are the dates for ACT. There are four sections: English, Reading, Math and Science.

ACT is offered 6 times throughout the year: Feb, Apr, Jun, Sept, Oct and Dec

The ACT also includes an optional 40-minute Writing Test. ACT is 2 hours and 55minutes long. If you choose to take the ACT with Essay, the test will be 3 hours and 35 minutes long. Each section of the ACT is scored on a 1 to 36 point scale. Your composite ACT score is the average of your four section scores, also on a scale from 1 to 36. If you take the ACT with Writing Test, you will receive a separate score on the Writing Test. Universities will accept scores from either the SAT or ACT, and do not favor one test over the other.

Here is the ACT Website. You can register today to receive reminders.