The ACT test is a standardized exam taken by more than one and one-half million students each year. It measures knolwedge and skills in English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science. In spring 2005, ACT introduced an optional Writing test that measures direct student writing skills. The ACT also collects a variety of other information including educational background, plans, and needs. Go to WWW.actstudent.org/faq/faq.html for answers to Frequently asked questions about the ACT.
What you can learn from taking the ACT
* A measure of your educational development (abilities)
*Identification of academic strengths and weaknesses
*Relate ACT scores to what you are likely to know and are able to do
*Information about potential college choices
*Suggestions for exploring career options and determing how your interests
relate to work tasks and careers.
How colleges use the ACT
In making decisions about admission, many colleges use results from the
ACt (some include the writing test) or other assessment measures, along
with high school grades, class rank, and extracurricular accomplishments.
colleges may also use what they learn about you from such asn assessment
for course placement, academic advising, career counseling and scholarship
awards.
When should you take the ACT?
The colleges you're interested in may have an application deadline, or
there may be special program or scholarship you want to apply for that
requires the test score.
Waiting until your senior year may be too late. Also, many students choose
to test a second time in hopes of raising their scores; testing in the
spring of your junior year gives you the time for that option.
ACT National Test dates:
September 12, 2009
October 24, 2009
December 12, 2009
February 6, 2010
April 10, 2010
June 12, 2010
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