ACT

To get admission to Michigan Technological University undergraduate courses, international students have to submit the additional test score of ACT/SAT. Test scores must be from within two years of the intended date of enrollment. The following tests are all accepted, but international students only need to submit one test score:

The updated duration for the ACT exam in 2025 is 125 minutes. This includes the time needed to attempt only the English, Reading and Maths sections in the ACT test since the Science section is made optional since April 2025. If you add the optional writing section then add 30 minutes more, and if you add the Science section too, then add 40 minutes more. 

Then the total duration of ACT is 195 minutes after adding the writing and science sections. 

ACT exam or American College Testing is an exam that international students give if applying for undergraduate admissions to universities abroad. This exam tests applicants based on their previous knowledge of high school in subjects of Maths, English + Reading and Science. The ACT syllabus is more or less similar to high school knowledge and tests a certain level of understanding, analysis and analytical skills of the applicants. The ACT is scored on a scale of 1 - 36 based on sectional performance and then coming down to a total overall score of ACT.

If you have selected score report recipients at the time of registration then they will receive the ACT score report between 4-10 weeks. Applicants can check if their scores have been released online within three weeks from taking the test and in the fourth week check if the ACT score reports have been released to the recipients that were mentioned during ACT exam registration. Once the ACT scores are released to the recipients, the status would show delivered in the status.

No, you cannot cancel the ACT test scores, however, you have the choice to not send the score reports to colleges. If you will cancel the sending of score reports then colleges won't receive your scores. You can cancel the sending of score reports maximum by five days after the test date. One can also request ACT to delete their records of scores from the test administration. Thus, applicants should check what all options they have before going for a score cancellation of ACT exam.

Students can view their composite and multiple-choice section scores online between two weeks to eight weeks. For writing section scores, it takes almost two more weeks since an expert has to read the essays and then mark based on the writing piece. The students who are applying to universities abroad are hence required to appear for ACT in such a manner that they receive the scores well in advance before submitting the scores to the university in their application forms. 

Candidates can make changes to registration through their MyACT account. Candidates are allowed to make the following changes:

• Add or remove the writing test
• Changes to test date or test location
• Any updation to personal information
• Any changes to selected colleges

If these changes are made after the registration deadlines, then the applicant may have to bear an extra fee also. Thus, applicants must ensure that they fill their applications with the right set of information in one go as far as possible.

International candidates need to pay USD 186.50 (without the Science and Writing test) as an ACT registration fee in 2025. the ACT exam fee with the Science section in 2025 is USD 196.50 and the ACT exam fee with teh writing section is USD 186.50 + USD 25 = USD 211.50. The ACT exam fee with the Science and Writing section is USD 221.50.  

In case a very far off ACT exam centre is available and the applicant doesn't have another nearby option, he or she will have to choose that far away centre only. The next best solution to find a nearby ACT exam centre is to change the date of exam and check for the nearby exam centre's seat availability. In case seats are available at the nearby centre with a mere change of date, then applicants can switch over. But if there's not much time in hand and scores cannot be delayed to be sent across to the universities then the current preference should be given to the far off ACT exam centre. So choose wisely.