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ACT Web Site

www.actstudent.org

 

SAT Web Site

www.sat.collegeboard.com

 

  

ACT NATIONAL TEST DATES 2011-2012

Test DateRegistration DeadlineLate Registration
October 22, 2011September 16, 2011Sept. 17-30,2011
December 10, 2011November 4, 2011November 5-18, 2011
February 11, 2012January 13, 2012January 14-20, 2012
April 14, 2012March 9, 2012March 10-23, 2012
June 9, 2012May 4, 2012May 5-18, 2012

Check http://www.actstudent.org/  for more information or to register online

Basic Fee per Test (includes first four college codes listed when you register)

ACT (No Writing) . . . . . . . $34.00

ACT Plus Writing . . . . . . . $49.50

Late Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regular fee $21.00

 

SAT NATIONAL TEST DATES 2011-2012

Test DateRegistration DeadlineLate Registration
October 1, 2011September 9, 2011September 21, 2011
*November 5, 2011 at GIHSOctober 7, 2011October 21, 2011
December 3, 2011November 8, 2011November 20, 2011
January 28, 2012December 30, 2011January 13, 2012
March 10, 2012February 10, 2012February 24, 2012
*May 5, 2012 at GIHSApril 6, 2012April 20, 2012
June 2, 2012May 8, 2012May 22, 2012

Check http://www.collegeboard.com/  for more information or to register online

Registration and Test Fees

SAT Reasoning Test . . . . $49.00

Subject Tests: Basic fee . . . . $22.00 - All other tests . . . . .$11.00 each

Late Registration Fee . . . . . . . Regular fee $26.00

MY COLLEGE QUICK START
Looking Toward the Future


What majors are your students planning to pursue in college? Here are the five most popular majors students chose when they took the 2009 PSAT/NMSQT®:

1. Business

2. Pre-med

3. Nursing

4. Psychology

5. Engineering

More than 25 percent of students said they were undecided. My College QuickStartTM can help. Students who took the PSAT/NMSQT get free access to this online college and career planning kit, including the My Majors & Careers section. Here, students will be able to:

Discover who they are and what they might achieve in college and beyond

Get major and career suggestions after completing our research-validated personality assessment

Explore college majors that can help them achieve their goals

Learn about careers from professionals in the real world

 With My College QuickStart, they can:

View PSAT/NMSQT® score details.

Review PSAT/NMSQT questions, answers and answer explanations.

Prepare for the SAT® with a plan powered by their test results.

Take an in-depth personality test to learn more about

themselves, their strengths and their learning styles.

Investigate personalized suggestions for colleges, majors and careers.

Go to www.collegeboard.com/quick, and check out My College QuickStart Resources.

 

SAT or ACT
Which one is right for you? 
As many as a third of the students who take the SAT would actually do better on the ACT.  Since any school that requires standardized test scores will accept either the SAT or the ACT, students should keep an open-mind about what has hitherto oftentimes been the red-headed stepchild of College Admissions criteria.   So, how do you nudge them in the right direction?  The differences in content on the two tests allow for some generalizations:

Students who do better on the SAT typically…

Students who do better on the ACT typically…
enjoy brain teasers or riddlesenjoy science, economics, or debate
don't have to study to pass testswork hard in school to earn good grades
are "street smart"are "book smart"
are good at reading between the linesare good writers
have a good eye for detailare better at reading for general idea

Another way for students to determine which test is right for them is to jump right in!  The Princeton Review offers a full-length practice ACT and SAT.