ACT

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• Structure: 4 sections (English, Math, Reading, science) Optional Science/Writing

• Test Content: Math: up to trigonometry; Science: charts, graphs and data interpretation; Reading: 4 passages, one each of Prose Fiction, Social Science, Humanities and Natural Science; English: stresses grammar; writing: optional essay.

• Wrong answer penalty: No penalty for wrong answers

• How scored: 1-36 for each subject, averaged for a composite score; 2-12 for the writing test

•  Fees ACT (no writing) $46.00

Includes reports for you, your high school, and up to four colleges (if codes are provided when you register).

•  Fees ACT with writing $62.50

Includes reports for you, your high school, and up to four colleges (if codes are provided when you register). The $16.50 writing test fee is refundable on written request if you are absent on test day or switch to ACT (no writing) before testing begins.

• Score reports for 5th and 6th college choices $13.00 (price is for each)

Request online before the test date. Refundable on written request if you do not test.

• Telephone re-registration $15.00  Call 319.337.1270  8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., central time, Monday through Friday.

• Late registration (US or Canada only) $29.50

Registration or test date change made during the late period for a national test date.

• Standby testing $53.00

Refunded if you are denied admission to the test center on test day or registration was cancelled due to no photo provided. 

• Test date change $26.00

For different date only if absent or unable to test on the original date or if registration is cancelled for failure to meet ACT test security requirements. You must pay the basic registration fee for the new test date plus the test date change fee. If you request a date change after the regular deadline for the new date, you must also pay the late registration fee. Your basic registration fee for the original test date will be refunded. 

• Test center change (same test date) $26.00

• Test Information Release (TIR) $20.00

Request a copy of your test questions and answers.

•  Fee Waivers

If you are testing on a national test date and can't afford the registration fee for the ACT or ACT with writing, you may be eligible for an ACT Fee Waiver. Information about the eligibility requirements and how to request a fee waiver is sent each summer to high schools. You should work with your local high school to determine your eligibility.

You must meet all of the following requirements:

• Currently enrolled in high school in the 11th or 12th grade.

• Either a United States citizen or testing in the US, US territories, or Puerto Rico.

• Meet one or more indicators of economic need listed on the ACT Fee Waiver form.

If you are eligible, you may use a maximum of two separate fee waivers total. The waiver is used once you register, even if you do not test on the requested test date. IMPORTANT: To take full advantage of the waiver, you must follow through and test on your registered test date.

Fee waivers cover only the basic registration fee for your test option on a national test date, including up to four college choices (if you provide valid codes when you register). Waivers do not cover the late registration fee, test date or test center changes, standby fee, additional score reports, or any other services.

You cannot request a fee waiver directly from ACT; you must contact your high school counselor. If you receive an ACT Fee Waiver Form, follow the "Student Directions" on it for your registration method (or if requesting Special Testing). Note: If you register online, and register during the late period or request any additional services, you must enter a credit card to pay those fees before submitting your registration.

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SAT 

www.collegeboard.org

• Length: 3 hours + 50 min optional essay

• Structure: 3 tests (Reading, Writing & Language, Math) + optional essay

• Test Content:

Math: Heart of Algebra, which focuses on the mastery of linear equations and systems. Problem Solving and Data Analysis, which is about being quantitatively literate. Passport to Advanced Math, which features questions that require the manipulation of complex equations. Reading: Command  Evidence, Words in Context, Analysis in History/Social Studies and in Science; Writing: Command of Evidence, Words in Context, Analysis in History/Social Studies and in Science, Expression of Ideas, Standard English Conventions

• Wrong answer penalty: No penalty for wrong answers

• How scored: Composite 400–1600 (SAT Essay: reported in 3 dimensions, each 2–8)

• Fees SAT without Essay $46

• Fees SAT with Essay $60

• Register by phone $15 Available only if you've registered previously.

• Change fee $29 For changing your test center or test date or changing between the SAT and SAT Subject Tests or vice versa. Does not apply to changing between the SAT and the SAT with Essay, but you pay the difference between the tests if adding the essay.

• Late registration fee $29 For registering after the regular deadline but before the late registration deadline.

• Waitlist fee $49 Charged only if you are admitted to the test center on test day.

• Additional score reports  $12 (outside of the above four), or score reports ordered outside of the above time period are subject to this fee per report.

• Rush order $31 If you request rush service, your score reports will typically be sent to colleges within two to four business days (not counting holidays and weekends). Additional score report fees (as described above) still apply on rush orders.

• Scores by phone $15 per call. Scores by phone are released according to the same schedule as online scores. This service does not send scores to colleges any earlier. To get your score by phone, call Customer Service. You will need your test registration number (printed on your Admission Ticket), your birth date, a credit card number, and the card's expiration date.

• Archived (older) scores order $31 If you want to retrieve old test scores, you should request archived scores. You can request them by phone or mail. The standard fee for additional score report requests applies to each score report you wish to include with your order.

• SAT Question-and-Answer Service* $18 This service provides the test questions from the specified test you took, the correct answers, scoring instructions, and a form you can use to order a copy of your answer sheet. The QAS service is not available for every SAT administration.

• SAT Student Answer Service* $13.50 This service provides a list of question types from the specified test you took; whether you answered the question correctly or incorrectly, or omitted the answer; and the level of difficulty.

• Multiple-choice score verification $55 When hand scoring of a multiple-choice score is requested, your entire answer sheet will be manually reviewed — you cannot request verification of scores for a single section on the SAT or just one of several SAT Subject Tests taken on the same date. For SAT only: If you order hand score verification, you will no longer see the full online score report, and you will not have access to the Student Answer Service or Question-and-Answer Service for your hand scored answer sheet.

• Essay score verification $55 This verification determines whether there was an error made in the scanning or processing of the essay scores assigned by essay readers. If an error is found, your adjusted score is automatically reported and your fee is refunded.

• Fee waivers available