Exam

Yes, GRE – Graduate Record Examination is an acceptable score for admissions at the University of Scranton. The institute offers conditional admissions to students on the basis of providing valid GMAT/GRE scores.

The Conditional admission is only offered to those students who meet the academic requirements set by the university's director of graduate programs.

For the 2025 college application cycle, a good ACT score generally falls around 24 or higher, with scores in the 28-32 range considered excellent for highly competitive institutions. 

Yes, if the applicant feels that they have been marked incorrectly on a correctly answered question on the ACT exam, they can raise a request for score verification. For this they will have to fill up a pdf form and attach a cheque for ACT Customer Support. Once the form is submitted, the applicant's responses will be checked as per the correct score key and match the answers, in case of essay also, they would be evaluated by independent plus qualified readers to check if assessment was done correctly. In case the scores increase or even if they decrease the applicant would get a new score from ACT in both cases.

No, ACT exam syllabus does not change frequently. The ACT syllabus has been the same for some time now and last minute changes are also out of question. Thus, whatever is given officially for ACT syllabus is final and students will be tested in and around the proposed topics only. There is nothing that is tested out of ACT syllabus. Thus, students must prepare for the exam keeping the ACT syllabus handy.

The ACT syllabus coverage timeline depends upon the student's previous knowledge. Some of those who have a good academic background and excelled in Maths can cover the Maths syllabus in a few weeks time, same goes for Science students. For English syllabus, it is a process and needs practice regularly to crack the section also includes Maths in this regard. Thus, overall a student should dedicate a month or two for the ACT exam preparation to be able to fully cover the ACT syllabus and practice as well.

If you want to do engineering, aim for a 30 or higher. For regular arts courses, a score of 25 to 27 is good enough. It depends on the college you apply to. Strong math scores help your total marks a lot. Practice geometry problems to boost the score.