21+ - makes a student eligible for the HOPE scholarship.

19+ in Math – makes a student eligible for college-level math courses.

18+ in English- this makes a student eligible for college-level English when they begin college.

Your counselor can provide contact info (usually around $40 hour)

ACT Tutors are pricey but are usually a good investment.

There are several free Act study websites (like and more.

Your counselor can give you a free practice ACT.

They have practice tests and explain questions you missed

Do your homework and take challenging classes.

If you want to try to earn academic scholarships, you need to plan on earning the highest ACT possible by November/December of your Senior year (depends on the college’s scholarship deadline). More info to come on how to register for your free ACT.įee waiver students may qualify for an additional free ACT. This year, the free ACT for seniors is planned for Sep 22 nd.

The free ACT are offered during the school day. One during junior year (spring semester). The deadline to register is usually about 4-5 weeks before the test date, so don’t procrastinate.Įvery student receives two free ACT’s. You can register at if you want to register to take the test on a Saturday. Usually offered 6-8 times per calendar year on Saturdays at SHHS. If you really want to score the highest you can, plan on taking the test multiple times. Many students take the ACT several times. The ACT math portion has a lot of Geometry and Alg 2 (along with a little Stats and PreCalc). Some students may take the ACT earlier if they are an advanced student and have taken advanced courses (especially math). We recommend that you take the ACT no later than early your Junior year.

Writing test (optional)– 40 minutes – check with your college that you are applying to in order to decide if you need to take the writing test – it usually costs extra to take the writing test (approx.

There are four parts to the ACT (and an optional 5 th part):.

It gives colleges a chance to see how you stack up against students in other parts of the world that took the same test.

ACT is big because it is a standardized test.

We call them the Big 4: 1)GPA 2)How challenging was your curriculum 3)Resume – what do you do besides go to school? and 4)ACT score

Every college looks at the same 4 things.

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