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A Note from Lizzie
Thank you for choosing to participate in ACT Pods! Your commitment to making this monthly meeting, and completing the AppleRouth work in between meetings, will equip you to tackle the ACT and similar tests that you will take in the future.
After class, I will be posting resources, additional practice, & more on this site!
You got this,
Lizzie
ACT Pod Schedule Fall 2024
Thursday, November 21 4:30-6:00pm
Thursday, December 12, 4:30-6:00pm
ACT Pod Schedule Spring 2025
Thursday, January 23, 4:30-6:00pm
Thursday, February 20, 4:30-6:00pm
Thursday, March 20, 4:30-6:00pm
Why you want to raise your ACT score?
Building real skills!
English: will help you with your grammar and essay writing skills.
Math: helps you with a deeper understanding of difficult math problems.
Reading: being a strong reader is an important life skill
Science: knowing how to read charts and graphs is an essential skill
Raising your ACT score can raise your eligibility for acceptance and scholarships!
Lizzie believes in you!
What is the ACT?
"American College Testing"
Because high schools across the United States are so different from one another, standardized tests have long been used as an additional data point for colleges when they are making admissions decisions.
The Structure of the ACT
The ACT Today consists of 4 tests: English, Math, Reading, and Science. There is an optional Writing test.
The ACT of the future will have 3 required tests: English, Math and Reading. There will be optional Writing and Science tests.
"The 5th Test": On most ACT tests, there is an additional test at the end THAT IS NOT GRADED OR SCORED! This is where the ACT tests out practice/sample questions that it may want to use in the future. It could be English, Math, Science, or Reading-- but no matter what it will not affect your score. Fear not! :)
Scoring the ACT
The Composite ACT score is given as the average of the 4 section scores. Example below.
Lilly's Score Report
Composite: 22
English: 20
Math: 25
Reading: 17
Science: 22
The score on the scale from 1-36 is based on percentiles. To learn more about what a percentile is, click here.
Our Theory
Rather than targeting a certain percentile score, we are going to target accuracy. Each section of the ACT has a fixed number of questions, and we are going to focus on bringing up the number of questions we answer correctly. This will help us to set more reasonable goals for test day!
Example:
Susan scored 36 of 75 of the English questions correctly.
Her goal is to score 55 of 75 questions correctly when she takes it next spring! (This would boost her score about 7 points)
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