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Why is the ACT important?

The ACT is taken each year by approximately 1.4 million students. The test is offered once, typically on Saturday, in each of the months of February, April, June, July, September, October, and December. The cost to take the test each time is approximately $63 if the optional essay (writing) section is not taken. Currently, there are fewer than ten colleges in the United States that either require or even recommend taking the writing section, so Perry's recommendation is to check the requirements of the colleges one is applying to, to see if the writing section is required; if not, there's no need to do the writing section. (by the way, the SAT has eliminated the writing section from their test, due to the low demand from colleges for the writing test).

Perry offers students across the nation ACT help to deal with these and other issues related to the test.

Having a strong ACT score can still be very important for admission or for getting a scholarship.

Some students assume that if their school requires them to take the ACT or the SAT, that they should focus on that test. However, colleges do not express a preference for the ACT or the SAT, so students can decide which of the tests to prepare for and take. At the beginning of the SAT and ACT tutoring process, Perry helps students decide which test they are likely to do better on, so that all the student's preparation efforts can be devoted to either the SAT or the ACT.

The ACT takes about three hours, not including breaks, and consists of four sections: English, Math, Reading, and Science. Since three out of the four sections have to do with reading comprehension or writing skills, often the student who is stronger in the verbal skills will be well matched for the ACT. Only a quarter of the overall score is from math, as compared to 50% from math on the SAT.

Another significant difference between the tests is that the ACT requires the student to answer questions at a faster pace, particularly on the science section. Currently, the SAT allows 63% more time per question than the ACT. Perry teaches strategies for getting through the ACT sections efficiently.

ACT test prep services and which test to submit:

Submitting Scores or Applying Test-Optional

For admissions purposes, almost all colleges will look at the student's best scores on their ACT. Many colleges go even further and superscore the test by taking the highest score from each section over all the times the student has taken the test and averaging those into the composite score the college considers. The ACT company has assisted in this trend by calculating the superscore and providing that to the student.

When the student is applying to colleges, they can decide for each college whether to submit their ACT scores. Most colleges are now test-optional. Students can check the average ACT scores for colleges they are applying to and decide whether to submit their scores. If the student's scores are at or above the average for the college, it is likely that submitting the scores will be helpful for the application and perhaps for scholarships.

There is a recent trend of colleges reinstating the requirement for test scores. Research by several selective universities found that having test scores in addition to high school grades helped them predict whether a student would be successful in their college work. The list of colleges now requiring either the ACT or SAT includes Brown, Dartmouth, Florida Int'l, Florida State, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, MIT, New College Florida, Purdue, Texas A&M, Thomas Aquinas, U. Florida, U. South Florida, U. Tennessee, Yale. Students are urged to check colleges' websites for their latest policies.

Students nationwide can click here to schedule a complimentary consultation with Perry to discuss these issues and to get any of their questions answered regarding the tutoring process. https://ScheduleAppointmentsWithPerry.as.me/ComplimentaryConsultationZoom

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[ACT Student]"Perry helped our daughter tremendously. He helped raise her score by 5 points. So glad she was able to work with you. She was accepted to UNC- Chapel Hill, Elon, Duke, and UNC- Wilmington."

- M.R.