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ACT / SAT Testing

Did You Know?
A high score on the PSAT and ACT assessment tests can earn you scholarship money for college!

ACT / SAT Test Tips:

Answer easy questions first. The easier questions are at the beginning of the section and the harder questions at the end—except for Critical Reading questions, which are logically placed according to the section of the test.

You do not have to answer every question correctly to get a good score. You can get an average score by answering about half of the questions correctly and omitting the remaining questions.

Try to make smart guesses by eliminating answers that you know are not right. This increases your chances of guessing correctly.

If you come across a question that you have no chance to answer don't spend to much time on it. Although, you should quickly see if you can eliminate any answers so you can attempt to make a good guess.

ACT / SAT

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WHAT ARE THE ACT / SAT ASSESSMENT TESTS?
The ACT, formerly the American College Testing Program or American College Test, is a college-entrance achievement test that emerged in 1959 as a competitor to the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test, now the SAT. Mirroring the changes undergone by the SAT in 2005, the ACT started offering a writing test in February, 2005. Almost every college accepts and treats the ACT and SAT equally.

TEST PREPARATION

Better Scores, Brighter Future

Preparing for and taking college entrance examinations can be a very stressful time for high school students. With proper guidance and preparation, much of the anxiety these tests arouse can be eliminated.

At Tutor Center we provide:

Individualized tutoring - not a large classroom with dozens of students listening to a lecture.
Score-raising strategies and test taking techniques
Intensive practice for every question type with real ACT / SAT tests.
Practice tests followed by detailed performance analysis and guidance for improvement.
Homework that is assigned throughout the ACT / SAT preparation program.

Tutor Center’s schedule is flexible and the courses can be structured for small groups of 2-3 students or 1-on-1 personalized instruction.

Call Tutor Center to find out how TUTOR CENTER students improved their SAT/ACT scores and to learn more about our comprehensive program.

DO I NEED TO TAKE BOTH TESTS?
No. The ACT is typically used for college admissions, but it is also sometimes used for class placement. The vast majority of colleges treat the SAT and ACT the same. In the past, coastal universities tended to prefer SAT scores over ACT, but that has changed during the past couple of decades. Now, even Harvard admissions officers, as reported in a New York Times story, admit that they don't prefer one test over the other.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES?
The ACT (unlike the SAT) does not take points off for wrong answers, making it to the advantage of the test taker to answer or guess at every single question. Instead of having the writing test first like in the SAT, the ACT offers the optional writing test after all parts of the basic test have been completed. With few exceptions, the ACT does not test for vocabulary.

An important difference is how the scores are sent. When sending SAT scores, every score received is sent. The ACT allows the person to pick which scores from a certain sitting to send. This is referred to as "score choice", which had previously been offered by the SAT.

VISIT THE COLLEGE BOARD FOR MORE INFORMATION
http://collegeboard.com

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