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SAT & ACT Testing

SAT and/or ACT scores are required to get acollege admissions decision

Registration Online

www.collegeboard.com for SAT

www.actstudent.org for ACT

Test Dates & Locations for 2012-2013

6 SAT Test Dates available

Next test Nov 3 registration deadline 10/4

5 ACT Test Dates available

Next test October 27 registration deadline 9/21

http://www.collegeboard.com/http://www.actstudent.org/http://www.actstudent.org/http://www.collegeboard.com/

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SAT & ACT Testing SAT and ACT

Test Dates & Locations on green paper

Registration Online

Costs to take the tests

$50.00 SAT

ACT $35.00 No Writing/$50.50 Plus Writing

Fee Waivers Available for students on free or

reduced lunch

Send your score reports online when you register

SAT/ACT scores are not listed on your transcript

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SAT/ACT/CPT Comparison

SAT & ACT both widely accepted, national collegeadmissions tests

SAT is an analytical reasoning test

ACT aligned with classroom coursework PERT is for community college academic placement

and Gold Seal qualifying

Students should take the SAT and the

ACT to determine preference.

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SAT Scores

Critical Reading scores from 200 - 800

Math scores from 200 - 800

Writing scores from 200 - 800 2400 highest possible SAT score

Bright Futures(and some colleges) is looking at

a 2 section score total with Critical Readingand Math combined

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ACT Scores

4 sections English, Math, Reading and

Science.

Each section scored from 1 - 36

Add all four sections scores together and

divide by 4 to get the total (composite) score

Writing section is optional but required bymost four year colleges and universities

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Sending your SAT and ACT Scores to

Colleges

SAT and ACT scores are sent directly from thetesting company

May send four (4) free score reports tocolleges when you register to test

If you need to send scores afterthe test thereis a fee to do so

SAT/ACT scores are not on your transcript

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Super Scoring

Students benefit by taking the SAT or ACT morethen once

Many colleges and university will take the highest

sectionscore to give students the highest totalscore.

Bright Futures will also take the highest section

scores to determine scholarship eligibility

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Super ScoringSAT example (200-800 score range):Student took the SAT three times . . .

Reading Math Writing

490 530 500

550 500 500520 510 540

550 + 530 + 540 = 1620

Bright Futures score = 1080 (Reading &Math)

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Super ScoringACT example (1-36 score range):

Student took the ACT three times . . .

English Math Reading Science

21 20 20 21 18

22 22 23 2021 24 25

21 + 22 + 24 + 25 = 92 =234 (sections)

23 composite (total) ACTscore