Testing

College Entrance Exams

SAT tests are available throughout the year. Interested students should register at Collegeboard.org, remember to list the correct school code for Hamilton so test scores get sent to the school. The SAT is offered at Angola High School in October and March.

ACT tests are available throughout the year. Interested students should register at www.act.org, remember to list the correct school code for Hamilton so test scores get sent to the school. The ACT is offered at Angola High School in October and June (all other months at Trine University).

Helpful College Entrance Exam Links:

• ACT vs. SAT document
• Free Test Prep Resources
• Preventing Careless Errors on the SAT & ACT
• Tips for Writing Concise Essays
• SAT or ACT? Determining Which Is Best For You
• Making "Tough" Math Easy
• SAT/ACT Myths That Won't Go Away

PSAT- Testing date: Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Cosponsored by the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT) — often shortened to PSAT — is a standardized test targeting 10th and 11th graders across the U.S. Every year approximately 3.5 million students take the PSAT test at various high schools. But why take it at all?

As it stands, the PSAT is heavily connected to the SAT. One of the test's primary purposes is to act as a precursor to the SAT — essentially, as an SAT practice test. Thus, the PSAT and SAT heavily mirror each other in regard to content, structure, and even scoring.