American College Test (ACT)

Purpose:

For seeking admission in various Colleges in the United States and Canada, by the students they are required to appear in the ACT Assessment test, which is a multiple-choice test. These tests are offered five times during the school year: October, December, February, April, and June. The purpose of this test is to find out strengths and weakness of the student for studies at College level.

Eligibility:

All students who are desirous of seeking admission in colleges throughout the United States and Canada are required to undergo ACT Assessment test.

Pattern:

The ACT Assessment comprises a series of tests i.e., Diagnostic, Review and, Evaluation tests. The Diagnostic test specifies the particular field of student for further study. Review test determine the area of concentration of the applicant in particular field to save the time and energy. The Evaluation test is further two full-length assessment tests to re-assess and to afford another chance to practice further and to determine, if there are any additional areas that need to be studied.

The ACT Assessment examination is comprises of four subjects: English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science Reasoning. The English portion examination will test students understanding of the basics of written English. It covers punctuation, basic grammar and usage and making of sentence structure. The test will have five prose passages followed by about fifteen multiple-choice questions. Total 75 questions are required to be answered in 45 minutes. Time for answering the question is about ½ minute per question.

In Mathematics the students will be tested in pre-algebra, elementary algebra, intermediate algebra; coordinate geometry, plane geometry, and some questions on trigonometry. Sixty questions are to be answered in 60 minutes i.e. about one minute time is available for answering each question.

Reading test cover the areas like social studies, prose fiction, humanities, and natural science. The test includes topics that generally appear in books and magazines read by high school seniors and college beginner students. The main stress is given on referring and reasoning. Forty questions are to be answered in 35 minutes i.e. less than a minute time is available for answering each question.

The science-reasoning test covers biology, chemistry, physical science, and earth and space science. There will be normally one passage covering each of the four content areas, and each will contain ten questions, i.e., total forty questions are required to be answered in 35 minutes.

Chances to get admission to specific college is subject to performance and scores obtained in the test.