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in Spring 2025
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UPCOMING ACT TEST DATES

2024-2025 Test Date
Regular Registration Deadline
Late Registration Deadline
Late Fee Applies
Standby Deadline
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September 14
August 9
August 25
September 6
October 26
September 20
October 7
October 18
December 14
November 8
November 22
December 6
February 8
January 3
January 20
January 31
April 5
February 28
March 16
March 28
June 14
May 9
May 26
June 6
July 12
June 6
June 20
July 4
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What does the ACT Test measure?

The ACT contains four multiple-choice tests—English, mathematics, reading, and science—and an optional writing test. These tests are designed to measure skills that are most important for success in post-secondary education and that are acquired in secondary education. The score range for each of the four multiple-choice tests is 1–36. The Composite score is the average of the four test scores rounded to the nearest whole number.
Mathematics
assesses the skills students typically acquire in courses taken through grade 11. The material covered on the test emphasizes the major content areas that are prerequisites to successful performance in entry-level courses in college mathematics. Knowledge of basic formulas and computational skills are assumed as background for the problems, but recall of complex formulas and extensive computation are not required.
Reading
The ACT reading test measures the ability to read closely, reason logically about texts using evidence, and integrate information from multiple sources. The test questions focus on the mutually supportive skills that readers must bring to bear in studying written materials across a range of subject areas.

​Specifically, questions will ask you to determine main ideas; locate and interpret significant details; understand sequences of events; make comparisons; comprehend cause-effect relationships; determine the meaning of context-dependent words, phrases, and statements; draw generalizations; analyze the author’s or narrator’s voice and method; analyze claims and evidence in arguments; and integrate information from multiple texts.
Science
measures the interpretation, analysis, evaluation, reasoning, and problem-solving skills required in the natural sciences. The test presents several authentic scientific scenarios, each followed by a number of multiple-choice test questions. The content of the test includes biology, chemistry, Earth/space sciences (e.g., geology, astronomy, and meteorology), and physics.

​The questions require you to recognize and understand the basic features of, and concepts related to, the provided information; to examine critically the relationship between the information provided and the conclusions drawn or hypotheses developed; and to generalize from given information to gain new information, draw conclusions, or make predictions.
WRiting Test (OPtional)
measures writing skills taught in high school English classes and entry level college composition courses. The test consists of one writing prompt that describes a complex issue and provides three different perspectives on the issue.

You are asked to read the prompt and write an essay in which you develop your own perspective on the issue. Your essay must analyze the relationship between your own perspective and one or more other perspectives. You may adopt one of the perspectives given in the prompt as your own, or you may introduce one that is completely different from those given. Colleges may view student essays using the free ACT Essay View tool.
English
puts an examinee in the position of a writer who makes decisions to revise and edit a text. Short texts and essays in different genres provide a variety of rhetorical situations. Passages are chosen for their appropriateness in assessing writing and language skills and to reflect students’ interests and experiences.
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ACT OVERVIEW
A Skills Assessment Test

THREE
ways to answer:
  1. answer correctly
  2. educated guess
  3. systematic guess
YOU CAN
take the ACT up to
12 times!

TAKE IT EARLY & OFTEN!

IT IS OFFERED
Sept, Oct, Dec, Feb, Apr, June
Focus on
ACCURACY.
You will...
FEEL MORE RELAXED
AVOID SIMPLE MISTAKES
​EARN MORE POINTS

ENGLISH

- 75 QUESTIONS  /  45 MINUTES -
TESTS YOU OVER:
  • GRAMMAR
  • SENTENCE STRUCTURE
  • ​PUNCTUATION
PLUG IN ANSWERS
​&
RE-READ SENTENCE
​CAREFULLY

HEAD VOICE

FOCUS ON
SUBJECT/VERB
​AGREEMENT
WATCH FOR
​REDUNDANT
LANGUAGE
SEQUENCE
PAPRAGRAPHS
TOGETHER

READING

- 40 QUESTIONS  /  35 MINUTES -
​4 PASSAGES
A COMPREHENSION TEST

FOLLOW THE CUES
SUBJECT? MAIN IDEA? ARGUMENT? COUNTERPOINTS?

READ FOR MAIN
IDEA & AUTHOR'S
PURPOSE
READ THE
​PASSAGE FIRST!
CIRCLE,
UNDERLINE,
​ANNOTATE

MATH

- 60 QUESTIONS  /  60 MINUTES -
1-20 | EASY
21-40 | MEDIUM
41-60 | HARD
REVIEW
​PRE-ALGEBRA, ALGEBRA 1 & 2, GEOMETRY

KNOW YOUR FORMULAS

TAKE YOUR TIME
ON THE EASIEST
​QUESTIONS
READ EACH
QUESTION
​CAREFULLY
DO NOT SKIP
THE WORD
​PROBLEMS

SCIENCE

- 40 QUESTIONS  /  35 MINUTES -
7 PASSAGES
​TESTS YOU OVER YOUR ABILITY TO INTERPRET GRAPHS, TABLES, & CHARTS

LOOK FOR PATTERNS

DO NOT GET
DISTRACTED BY
SCIENTIFIC
​WORDS
PAY
ATTENTION
​TO DETAILS
LAST
SECTION,
FINISH
​STRONG!

Hey...have you heard about Superscoring?

Superscoring is the process of averaging your four best subject scores from all of your ACT® test attempts. It differs from your Composite score because it averages your best scores from each subject from multiple test attempts. PLUS, your superscore is never lower than a single Composite score.

If you need more information, click here!
A few things to know about Superscoring: 
  • You calculate your superscore by gathering all of your ACT score reports, identifying your highest score from each test section/subject, then adding those four scores together, divide that total by four, and rounding to the nearest whole number. OR you can click the "Calculate Your Superscore" button to the left!
  • Not all colleges superscore, but many do and the number is increasing.
  • Your superscore combines your best performances into one score that best reflects your abilities and, ultimately, allows you to put your best foot forward. 
  • The writing section score is not figured into a Composite score; therefore, it’s not a component of a superscore. Just remember that some colleges require applicants to take the writing section.
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