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2024/2025 College Entrance Test Dates for Broughton High School
2024/2025 College Entrance Test Dates for Broughton High School
PSAT
PSAT
Oct. 7, 2025
Oct. 7, 2025
Sign Up will be open at a later date
Sign Up will be open at a later date
*Open to any 9-11th grade student who registers and pays
*Open to any 9-11th grade student who registers and pays
Pre-ACT
Pre-ACT
Oct. 28, 2025
Oct. 28, 2025
*ALL 10th grade students take for FREE on Oct. 28th.
*ALL 10th grade students take for FREE on Oct. 28th.
No registration involved.
No registration involved.
No makeups.
No makeups.
ACT
ACT
Feb. 24, 2025
Feb. 24, 2025
*ALL 11th grade students take for FREE
*ALL 11th grade students take for FREE
No registration involved.
No registration involved.
No makeups.
No makeups.
Standardized College Entrance Exams
Standardized College Entrance Exams
In the US, our 4-year colleges & universities use the SAT and the ACT as a standardized way to compare students.
Some schools require students to submit their test scores with their application and some schools are test-optional.
Wake Tech Community College uses the RISE Placement Policy instead of SAT or ACT scores to place students.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
RISE Placement Policy
RISE Placement Policy
RISE is Wake Tech’s policy that considers unweighted high school GPA to determine placement for all students who have graduated from high school and are pursuing enrollment at Wake Tech Community College.
Wake Tech does not deny students and there is no minimum GPA to attend!
Your unweighted high school GPA determines your placement in your first English and Math courses at Wake Tech.
Placement Based on Unweighted GPA is as follows:
Less than 2.2 unweighted GPA > Transition courses
2.2 to 2.8 unweighted GPA > Gateway Math and English with Co-requisite
2.8 and higher unweighted GPA > Gateway Math and English
4-Year College / University
4-Year College / University
How many times should a student take the ACT and/or SAT?
How many times should a student take the ACT and/or SAT?
Studies show that most students see the biggest improvement in their test score for the ACT or SAT when taking the test a second time. There is also data supporting a slight increase in score when students take the test a third time.
Data does NOT show that students significantly improve their score when taking the test more than 3 times.
Students tend to reach their max, “hover” score and remain pretty stagnant after taking the test 2 or 3 times.
In most cases, it is not beneficial for the student to take the test more than 3 times - it is better to focus on other, more important, components of their application.
Which test/score is better?
Which test/score is better?
Both tests are widely accepted by all colleges and colleges do not prefer one over the other. It is a good idea for students to take each test once to see which format they prefer or feel more successful on. Both tests are extremely similar and the majority of students score similarly on both, but some students do have a preference.
Is your SAT or ACT score higher? Use the link below to convert your SAT score to an ACT score or vice versa to see which score if better for you.
https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act/scores/act-sat-concordance.html
How to Register
How to Register
Register for the ACT: https://act.org/
Register for the SAT: https://www.collegeboard.org/
How to Send your SAT/ACT Test Scores
How to Send your SAT/ACT Test Scores
When it comes time for students to send their test scores to colleges, most colleges allow students to “self-report” their score. This means that the student will report their score on their application, but they do not need to send an official score report until the college requests for one. This allows the student to save money rather than paying to send an official score report to every college they apply to ($12/$13 per test, per school).
If you ever need a copy of your official score report, you must log into your SAT or ACT student account to retrieve those reports. Your counselor cannot send these for you.
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