ACT
(American College Test)
American college test is administered by ACT, Inc. It is a paper and pencil based multiple choice test. This test checks the readiness of college or intermediate level student's about different subjects. ACT is considered as the Key step to taking admission in any college or university. This text sets a standard for all students intelligence. The students can avail their admission by having good score in ACT and college exams. The total marks of the test are 36 while 21 are considered as average marks. ACT is not offered by the national institutes all over the year but instead it has their specific timings.
Importance of ACT
This test is very important for American national intermediate students and those international students who want to take admission in America for graduation. By this test you make yourself available for college admissions and scholarship opportunities across the country. below are some of the important reasons due to which you should chose ACT.
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Most of the colleges and universities offer admission based on ACT.
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Majority of the scholarships depends on the score of ACT.
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ACT can prove to be helpful in job recruitment.
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ACT is comprised of science section more than algebra and geometry.
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It is possible that ACT have more impact on your educational career as compared to other tests.
Plan Your ACT
Set an ACT Goal
Set a Baseline Score
Calculate Your Study Hours
Arrange the Required Materials
Pick Your Test Dates and Attempt
ACT Recognized Countries
The name suggests that it is an American college test accepted only in America. It is not the case, ACT is valid in countries like Canada, Australia and United Kingdom. besides that, the test is accepted in different territories of United States like Puerto Rico etc. The test is conduct all over the year on seven different occasions. The months in which ACT is organized are as follow.
September
October
Canada
December
February
April
United Kingdom
United States
June
July
Australia
ACT Format
American college test is one of the most popular test among Americans. The test consumes about 2 hours 50 minutes to 3 hours 40 minutes. The test consists of subjects areas like English, Mathematics, Reading, Writing and Science subjects. In these subjects writing is optional and the time of the test varies according to writing section. When writing is selected in the test so the time is 3 hours and 35 minutes while without writing section the test time is 2 hours and 55 minutes. All these subjects areas are considered important in the test. The test sections are explained briefly with number of questions and time limit.
Sections
Number of Questions
Time Limit
English
75 Questions
45 minutes
Math's
60 Questions
60 minutes
Content Covered
English
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Grammar and Usage
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Punctuation
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Sentence structure
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Strategy and style
Math's
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Pre, Elementary and Intermediate algebra
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Plane geometry and Trigonometry
Science
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Interpretation
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Analysis
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Evaluation
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Reasoning
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Problem Solving
Reading
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Paragraph reading
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Essay reading
Writing
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Writing Passages
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Correcting grammar mistakes
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Improving writing clarity
Science
40 Questions
35 minutes
Reading
40 Questions
35 minutes
Writing (Optional)
1 essay
40 minutes
Question Types
English
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Four-choice
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Multiple choice
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Fill in the blanks
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Rhetorical skills questions
Math's
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Five-choice
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Multiple choice questions
Science
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Four-choice
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Multiple choice
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Data representation
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Research summaries
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Conflicting questions
Reading
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Four-choice
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Multiple choice
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referring questions
Writing
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Essay prompt
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Passage writing
ACT Exam Structure
Test
English
Math's
Science
Reading
Writing (optional)
Types of questions
75 Multiple-choice questions
60 Multiple-choice questions
Break
40 Multiple-choice questions
40 Multiple-choice questions
Break
01 Essay
Time limit
45 minutes
60 minutes
35 minutes
35 minutes
40 minutes