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11 months agoContributor-Level 10
The ACT exam is primarily used for college admissions in the United States. It measures a student's readiness for college-level work in four core areas: English, mathematics, reading, and science. Many colleges and universities use ACT scores as part of their admissions process to evaluate applicants.
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11 months agoContributor-Level 10
ACT stands for American College Testing. It's a standardized test commonly used for college admissions in the United States.
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11 months agoContributor-Level 10
This is an important information that you must consider noting down to avoid any trouble during registration and on your ACT exam day.
Upon registration, the students are provided with the "test rosters". On the exam day, the examiner checks your "first" and "last" name on the test roster with the valid and acceptable ID you bring to the ACT test centre. If any discrepancy is recorded in both these documents, you won't be allowed to take the test.
So, here are some acceptable name registration formats as described by ACT:
Source: ACT.org
In short, you must retain both your first and last name while registering for the ACT
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11 months agoContributor-Level 10
Here are some of the most highly recommended books for ACT exam preparation:
- The Official ACT Prep Guide (2024-2025):- This book is highly recommended for the following reasons:
- Published by ACT organisation
- Includes 6 full-length practice tests in the book and 8 online
- Includes new and updated writing prompts
- Contains full answer explanations by the makers of the ACT
- Tips on how to give your best on the exam day
- Digital flashcards customisable test banks, and more.
- Barron's ACT Study Guide Premium 2024
- Comprehensive content review
- Includes 6 practice tests with detailed explanations
- Strong math and Science sections
- Well-structured strategie
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11 months agoContributor-Level 10
Yes, ACT exam is generally considered difficult. Here are the reasons for the same:
- English Section: ACT test's American English usage and conventions differ from the British English commonly taught in India. Hence, it becomes really difficult for students to follow the same pronunciation and colloquial terms as in the USA.
- Reading section: The passages in the Reading section of the ACT test contain references to the US culture, which might not be familiar to Indian students.
- Science section: The Science section in the ACT test focuses on data interpretation and graph analysis, rather than pure scientific concepts. This contradicts
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11 months agoContributor-Level 10
Yes, the ACT superscoring is now available. The ACT superscores will automatically be calculated for the students who have taken the ACT test more than once since September 2016 until now.
You can also combine your ACT scores from different test dates. For example, you can combine your writing scores from one test date and multiple choice test reports from another test date.
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11 months agoContributor-Level 10
Students willing to save their ACT results can do so by printing their ACT results page from the MyACT dashboard as the PDF form of the ACT results are currently unavailable.
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11 months agoContributor-Level 10
The ACT exam scores are released within 2 days to 8 weeks after the test date. Test takers can access their ACT test results on their MyACT portal.
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11 months ago
Guide-Level 13
There is no negative marking in the ACT exam. Each section has a test score range of 1-36: Below Average Score Range of 1-16. Average Score Range: 17-24. Above Average Score Range: 25-36. The ACT gives students less time per question than the SAT. However, that doesn't necessarily mean that it's a harder test. ACT English allows for about 36 seconds per question.
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