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ACT Preparation Overview

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The ACT, America’s most commonly accepted college entrance exam, evaluates the educational development of high school students as well as their readiness for college academics. Assessing English, mathematic, reading, and science skills (with an optional writing test, as well), it is a sister test to the well-known SAT, another assessment required by many high schools and colleges.

Though the biggest preparation for the ACT is high school itself and the knowledge and skills acquired there, many students also choose to prepare in other ways for the assessment. Why is it so important to students that they be prepared for the test? It is usually because the score earned on the ACT not only determines if and what colleges a student will be accepted into, it can also greatly affect the amount of scholarships that are given by the institution of higher learning to the prospective student.

Some of the tools available for help with ACT preparation are online courses, CD-ROMs that can be purchased, and many practice tests. There are also extra tips available to help with the test-taking, as well as special circumstances that are available for those with disabilities who are preparing for the ACT. Finally, it is important that you remember to schedule your time to take the ACT far enough in advance that there are still available openings.

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