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YOUR SCORE- YOUR WAY

YOUR SCORE- YOUR WAY. THE ACT. SCORES…. ARKANSAS COLLEGES Minimum 19 on English and Reading section to avoid remedial English and Reading classes before CREDITED courses!. SCORES…. ARKANSAS COLLEGES

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YOUR SCORE- YOUR WAY

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  1. YOUR SCORE- YOUR WAY THE ACT

  2. SCORES… ARKANSAS COLLEGES Minimum 19 on English and Reading section to avoid remedial English and Reading classes before CREDITED courses!

  3. SCORES… ARKANSAS COLLEGES Minimum 19 needed on Math section to avoid mandatory math remediation course before taking accredited classes in math.

  4. The Scores Arkansas Colleges Overall compositescore of 19 on ACT for admission to college and Arkansas College Scholarship Fund

  5. STRUCTURE OF THE TEST

  6. 4 SUBJECT AREAS: ENGLISH 75 Questions/ 45 min. MATH 60 Questions/ 60 min. READING 40 Questions/ 35 min. SCIENCE 40 Questions/ 35 min.

  7. Writing Test 1 Writing Prompt Minutes to write Optional and will cost extra Some colleges require the Writing – CHECK THE COLLEGES YOU ARE INTERESTED IN Cannot take just the writing test

  8. ACT test written for spring semester of Junior Yearso….

  9. Freshman – You have time!Sophomores – You have time!Juniors – begin in the FallSeniors – Last time suggested isApril test 2013

  10. ENGLISH SECTION Tips and Tricks 85 % of test items in each passage deal with contents of English Made Easy notes

  11. ENGLISH SECTION Tips and Tricks There are 5 passages with 15 questions per passage

  12. Practice Your Pacing 9 minutes per Passage

  13. Practice Using a Watch! Use a simple wristwatch to tell time. You are allowed a watch during the test, but not smart phones, etc.

  14. THE 85% Punctuation- sentence structure, commas, semi-colons, colons, dashes, apostrophes Grammar – parallelism, subject-verb agreement, pronoun usage

  15. ENGLISH SECTION Tips and Tricks 15% of the questions are about sentence order, paragraph order, deletion, addition, and “suppose the author” questions

  16. Process of Elimination 4 Choices 1 out of 4 chance Up your odds! Eliminate Wrong Answers

  17. Sample Question At 32 degrees rain turns to • Fog • Snow • Mud • Liquid 1 out of 4 = 25% 3 out of 4 = 75% 2 out of 4 = 50% 4 out of 4 = 100%

  18. The Time Crunchers! Beware the time cruncher questions! • Paragraph order, and sentence order • Addition, deletion of sentences and phrases CIRCLE THE QUESTION BUBBLE IN AN ANSWER IF TIME, GO BACK AND ANSWER

  19. The Time Crunchers! CIRCLE THE QUESTION BUBBLE IN AN ANSWER IF TIME, GO BACK AND ANSWER

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