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The ACT is a Reasoning Test that is often taken in place of the SAT. Like the SAT, the ACT is a test of a student’s Reasoning and Analytical skills. The popularity of the ACT has increased during the past few years as more and more colleges are accepting the score in lieu of the SAT. Many students prefer the ACT to the SAT because they feel that it more accurately tests their abilities.
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The ACT is a Reasoning Test that is often taken in place of the SAT. Like the SAT, the ACT is a test of a student’s Reasoning and Analytical skills. The popularity of the ACT has increased during the past few years as more and more colleges are accepting the score in lieu of the SAT. Many students prefer the ACT to the SAT because they feel that it more accurately tests their abilities.
The ACT is comprised of five sections:
- ENGLISH
- MATHEMATICS
- READING
- SCIENCE
- WRITING (optional for some colleges) |
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The ENGLISH SECTION is comprised of 75 Multiple Choice questions of which 40 make up the Usage and Mechanics subscore and 35 make up the Rhetorical Skills subscore.
This section is 45 minutes long.
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The MATH SECTION is comprised of 60 questions. Students have 60 minutes to complete this section. The Math sections tests on specific mathematical concepts. A Pre-Algebra/Elementary Algebra subscore is based on 24 questions. A Intermediate Algebra/Coordinate Geometry subscore is based on 18 questions.
And a Plane Geometry/Trigonometry subscore is based on 18 questions.
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The READING SECTION is comprised of 40 questions that must be answered within 35 minutes. The Arts/Literature subscore is based on the 20 Prose Fiction and Humanities questions. And the Social Studies/Sciences subscore is based on the 20 Social Studies and Natural Sciences questions.
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The SCIENCE SECTION is a 35 minute section with 40 questions. In the section a student will be presented with seven scientific passages. The subsequent questions are based on the passages. The passages are formatted in one of three ways: Data Representation, Research Summaries, or Conflicting Viewpoints. For each of the formats is represented at least once and no more than twice. The subjects are Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space Sciences and Physics.
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The WRITING SECTION is based on one 30 minute essay.
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HOW IS THE TEST SCORED ?
For each of the four multiple choice sections, the raw score is computed by the number of correct answers. Unlike the SAT, there is no penalty for guessing or incorrect answers. The raw scores are then converted to a scaled score ranging from 1 to 36. The ACT Composite score is created by averaging the 4 Scaled scores. The Writing score is scored by two readers. Each reader gives the essay a score from 1 to 6. The two scores are then added together for the Writing Score. The ACT with also compute a Combined English/Writing score on a scale of 1 to 36.
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