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Your score on the  \nACT helps admissions folks at colleges and universities understand how well prepared you are for college-level work.  \nOf course, it’s more than a little weird to judge everything you learned over about four years into about four hours. But that’s the task before you, and you give yourself an advantage if you have some idea of what to expect on the ACT.  \nIn this block, you get the facts about signing up for the test, including how to request accommodations if you’re eligible. You find out what to bring, what rules you have to follow during the exam, and some basics about the ACT format. You also find pointers about understanding your score and what to do if you didn’t score as well as you’d hoped.  \nRegistering for the ACT   \nIf your school has a day when all students take the ACT, the school probably takes care of your registration for you.  \nHowever, if you want or need to take the SAT on your own, you need to know when you want to take the test and plan far in advance if you need to request accommodations for a learning disability, English learner accommodations, or a fee waiver. You must have certain details and documentation ready when you register, so read on to find out how to make all this paperwork go smoothly.  \nBLOCK 1 ACT Overview in 20 Minutes 3  \nChoosing when to take the test  \nCurrently, the ACT is offered at testing sites nationwide and internationally on weekends every February, April, June, July, September, October, and December. Additionally, some school districts offer the ACT during the school day in March, April, October, and November, depending on the high school. If you live in a district that offers one of these schoolday tests, your test date is set for you, but all other options allow for a little freedom of choice.  \nThe best time to take the ACT is not a one-size-fits-all consideration. You may want to wait to take the test until you feel most prepared, but you also need to give yourself plenty of time toretake the test before you apply to college. Most colleges don’t require you to send the scores from every time you take the ACT, so you don’t necessarily have to be completely prepared before you take your first official test. Also, many colleges allow you to superscore your ACT scores, which means they’ll consider only your highest English, math, reading, and science scores from all the times you take the ACT. In fact, the ACT even creates a superscore score report if you take the test more than once. Therefore, there’s not a major downside to taking the test sooner rather than later.  \nGenerally, if you’ve taken algebra II and trigonometry during your sophomore year, we suggest that you consider taking your first ACT test in the first semester of your junior year in either September, October, or December. (If you’re taking algebra II and trig during your junior year, you may want to wait until February or April of your junior year to take the first test.) The beauty of testing in the fall of your junior year is that you can devote the summer before to extensive ACT study.  \nA perk of taking the December test is that it offers Test Information Release (TIR), which means you can pay extra to get a copy of your test questions and a report of the ones you answered correctly and incorrectly. This valuable information can come in handy when preparing for subsequent tests. This service is also available for the April and June exams.  \nIf you take the test in the fall, you have plenty of options to retake the ACT in the spring and summer to achieve your top score. You can even get some extra summer study time in during the summer before your senior year and take the September AC","cbCais1yckNNafHI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCais1yckNNafHI","pdf",14028922,14,"English","# Registering for the ACT\n## Choosing when to take the test\n## Deciding whether to take the writing test\n## Asking for accommodations or English learner supports","[{\"question\":\"How does the ACT help colleges understand readiness for college-level work?\",\"answer\":\"The ACT is designed to test what you learned in high school and how well you apply critical thinking and analysis to reading and numerical problems. 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