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The 21st century global economy is fast-paced and changeable. You’ll need a new set of skills – and a habit of lifelong learning – to flourish in this information age. The best way to succeed and thrive as an adult is to challenge yourself to rise to a high level of academic excellence now. You’ll do that best by taking challenging high school courses and working hard in them. The ACT and SAT provide trusted, globally recognized indicators of your academic readiness for college. In a way, these tests are a bridge between the hard work you’ve already done and the college that is the best fit for the future you are about to create.
The ACT is a college readiness benchmark test that colleges (and many scholarships) use to determine your probability for successfully completing college level classes in English Composition, social sciences courses, and College Algebra.
The SAT tests the critical reading, writing and math skills that you learn in school and that are critical for success in college and beyond. It gives both you and colleges a sense of how you’ll be able to apply the thinking, writing and study skills required for college course work.
Colleges and scholarships more often than not, look at your ACT/SAT scores in concert with your cumulative GPA as a part of the criteria used to determine scholarship awards and/or college acceptance.
Seniors, if you haven't already done so, or if you took the ACT/SAT and didn't like your score(s), please register for one of the available test dates. Remember, many colleges have early deadlines to apply and/or receive scholarships. You want to have your testing completed before the college with the earliest deadline.
Underclassmen, start now by taking the ACT and/or PSAT to determine what content areas you still need to work on before you apply for colleges/scholarships.Juniors, although you will take the ACT through AHS in April, you may still wish to take it prior to then. The more you practice, the greater your chances of doing better!
Go to "www.actstudent.org" to for a full list of ACT testing dates and to register.
Go to "www.collegeboard.org" for a full list of SAT testing dates and to register.
The PSAT (Preliminary SAT/NationalMerit Scholarship Qualifying Test) is available to sophomores and juniors only, and measures critical reading, mathematics, and writing skills. Students can use the information from their PSAT scores to help them know what subject areas/skills they need to improve on before taking the SAT. Sophomores who score high on the PSAT will be encouraged to take it again their Junior. Juniors who take the PSAT for a possible placement as a National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist. The sum of the critical reading, mathematics, and writing skills scores is used as an initial screen of students to designate groups of students to be considered for the scholarship.
* Click on https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/1488f5e9248f85e2?projector=1 for AHS PSAT test dates, times, fees, and general information.
Go to "www.nationalmerit.org" for more information about the national merit scholarship.
Go to "www.collegeboard.org/psat" for more information on the PSAT.