ACT
Schools have different grading systems which make it harder for the colleges to accept or reject a student’s application based on them.
There are a ton of entrance tests from which you can choose what suits your requirement. High school students have to make a choice between ACT and SAT as you need one of those to get into a prestigious college.
It is always important to have a general idea about all these tests before jumping into making a choice.
Why Should You Prefer ACT?
ACT scores are one of the ways that colleges use to measure your credibility and academic performance.
The sections that you see on any given ACT will always be in the same order with the same number of questions in each of them.
- English - 75 questions
- Math - 60 questions
- Reading - 40 questions
- Science - 40 questions
- Essay (Optional) - 1 question
The usual duration of an ACT is around 2 hours 55 minutes which might expand up to 3 hours 35 minutes if you opt for the optional Essay section.
ACT - Test Format
Any given SAT exam would have sections in it. They are;
- 1. English, Reading, and Science tests in an ACT exam would have four answer options for each question whereas the Math section would have 5 options for a question.
- 2. You receive points for every right answer and don’t worry, ACT does not punish you with negative marks for wrong answers so go ahead and answer all of them.
- 3. Your ACT score would be anywhere between 1-36 with 36 being the perfect score. Your overall score is a composite of the individual ones.
- 4. The scores you get in the writing test does not get included in the composite calculation.
- 5. Every odd question in an ACT exam has its answer options labelled from A to D whereas the even ones get labelled from F through J.
