College Bound: Public school juniors need to prepare for ACT test
All N.C. public school juniors will take the ACT test at their home school on March 5.
Posted — UpdatedFor N.C. students, this is a unique opportunity available only to eight other states in the nation. The ACT is only offered six times a year on a Saturday, but N.C. students will get an extra chance to not only take the test during the school day, but they will also have the advantage of taking that test in a familiar setting - their home school.
Additionally, the test normally costs $35 without the Writing section, and $50.50 with the Writing piece. N.C. students are not required to pay this fee and may submit these scores to colleges.
While it has become a popular belief that you should take the ACT/SAT as often as possible, this is not the case. Many colleges still require you to submit all of your test scores, thus you never want to go into a test unprepared. It is important to note that the ACT is not an aptitude test. Unlike the SAT, it measures the content that students have gained in their high school coursework.
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