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Go In There Like You Own The Test (and More Tips for the SAT or ACT)

June 5, 2019 May 18, 2020 / ACT, ACT & SAT Test Tips, For Students, SAT, Study Strategies, Week of the Test / By Michael Ermann

Half the battle of taking the SAT or ACT is mental. It’s a long test, and a hard test, and in order to do well on test day, you have to feel confident in how you’ve prepared and what you know. Here are a few tips for owning test day:

The 4 Basic Categories of ACT Science Literacy

June 5, 2019 May 18, 2020 / ACT, ACT Science / By Olive Book Team

If you’re taking the ACT, then you’re going to encounter the ACT Science section. Luckily, we’ve done all the hard work and put together a simple, no-frills guide to ACT Science Literacy.

When Should I Take the ACT?

June 5, 2019 May 18, 2020 / ACT, ACT & SAT Test Tips, For Parents, For Students, Study Strategies / By Megan Johnson

How do you decide when to take the ACT?

When Should I Take the SAT?

June 5, 2019 May 19, 2020 / ACT & SAT Test Tips, For Parents, For Students, SAT, Study Strategies / By Megan Johnson

How do you know when to take the SAT?

Your ACT or SAT Recommended Reading List

June 5, 2019 June 5, 2020 / ACT, ACT English, ACT Reading, For Students, SAT, SAT Reading / By Megan Johnson

Our reading recommendations to help you study for the test and stay entertained at the same time.

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College admissions officers look at a variety of c College admissions officers look at a variety of criteria when evaluating your college application: your SAT or ACT score, your high school GPA, and your extracurricular activities. They also take a look at your high school transcript. But how important are your high school grades, in particular your junior year grades, for college admissions?

The grades you make during your junior year, in particular during the second semester, are very important because these are the last grades schools really see. Your junior year grades are your last chance to either show off your good grades or prove upward trending grades.

Again, alongside an SAT or ACT score, high school grades are an important factor in college admissions decisions. When admissions officers look at your high school transcript, they want to see either consistent good grades or an upward trend to your grades each year. Your junior year grades are the last grades schools really see, so stay motivated and make them count. You got this!

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Reading Social Science Passage Part 1. Determining Reading Social Science Passage Part 1. Determining the meaning of a word in the context of a sentence or passage is the main way the ACT or SAT tests vocabulary. Practice this key test taking skill in today's Reading practice question video, along with inference skills.
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Your ACT actually gets 3 scores: a raw score, a sc Your ACT actually gets 3 scores: a raw score, a scaled score (with a sub-score), and finally, a composite score. The final composite score is your reported score – the one you tell your friends and the main number colleges look at.

Your raw score is determined by the number of questions you got right in a section. You earn 1 point for each correct answer and no points for omitted or incorrect answers. For example, if you got 40 questions correct in the English section, your raw score for English would be 40.

Your raw score is then converted to a scaled score, ranging from 1 – 36, with 36 being the highest possible score. You receive a scaled score for each multiple choice section. You’ll also get subscores for each section of the test that detail how many questions per category you got correct (this is under the “Detailed Results” section of your score report).

Your composite ACT score is the average of your four scaled scores, one each for English, Reading, Math, and Science.

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The ACT Science section will test your knowledge o The ACT Science section will test your knowledge of how to read and interpret data. There are three ways data is displayed on the ACT Science section: through Graphs, Tables, and Diagrams. 

In order to evaluate this data quickly, you’ll need to note three key parts of the data: units of measure, axis labels and increments, and trends. Once you become skilled at identifying what the data is saying and how it’s saying it, you’ll be on your way to owning the ACT Science section.
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