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Putting You To The Test:
The SAT&ACT

 By: Jeffery Guillermo

Putting You To The Test: The SAT&ACT By: Jeffery Guillermo

The SAT Reasoning Test and the ACT are two standardized tests for college admissions.

Standardized testing is intended to supplement your high school record (course work, grades and extracurricular activities).

SAT consists of three major sections: critical reading, mathematics and writing. Each section receives a score on the scale of 200–800. Total scores are calculated by adding up scores of the three sections. There are 10 sub-sections, including an additional 25-minute experimental section that may be in any of the three major sections.

The test adds up to 3 hours and 45 minutes of actual timed sections.

Some students who perform poorly on the SAT find that they perform better on the ACT and vice versa. The ACT test consists of four sections: English, math, reading, science. An optional writing test was recently added.

All four-year colleges and universities accept the ACT, but each institution has a preference.

Pack Only The Necessities

• Admission Ticket: Sign up at The college Board or ACT Registration
• Valid Photo ID
• Minimum two #2 pencils, soft eraser
• Calculator & Extra Batteries
• Snack and Drink
• Clock with no audible alarm
• Sweater (AC may be cold)

Caveats

• Turn your cell phone OFF.
  If you are caught using your phone, your scores WILL be canceled.
• Use the clock to time yourself.
• Fill the bubbles completely.
• No QWERTY calculators, organizer calculators or cell phone calculators.
• PREPARE and PRACTICE!
  Remember that just because you have a 4.0 in school doesn’t mean that you’re going to get a 2400.
• Don’t take the SAT more than three times.
  After the third time, test scores usually even out, and taking any more tests will give an air of desperation.
• Late to register for the SAT?
  You can take the test standby or register as a walk-in.
• Breathe easy.