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is the act a good test for international students?
if you are an international student, here are some things to think about to determine if the act is a better test for you. check out the video for our tips for international students!
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what is a good act aspire score?
act aspire tests are scored on kind of a funky scale that changes between subjects and between grades tested. for the act aspire test given in grade 10 (the one that predicts your act scores for 11th grade), here’s how the scoring breaks down in the table below:
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how long is the act?
the act is 2 hours and 55 minutes long without writing and 3 hours and 35 minutes with writing. all in all, you could spend up to 5 hours in the testing center…
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should international students take the act?
looking to make the move to the us for college? good news and- well- not-so-great news. in your favor, american colleges are looking to diversify their student body now more than ever, and hold special places for international applicants. as a downside, this does not mean that you are immune to submitting scores on the…
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real act prep guide, 4th edition update: official act prep guide | book review
like many students and tutors out there, we think a 4th edition of the real act prep guide (the “red book”) is ridiculously overdue. the 3rd edition (the current edition) was published in 2011, so, yeah…nearly five years ago. the tests in the book are from the 2005-2010 period, and since this time, the act…
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10 most difficult act questions
if you’re planning on taking the act, you might have some anxiety about the questions you’ll encounter. how hard will they be? what are some of the most difficult act questions like? in our experience, students find that some of the most difficult act questions take several steps to solve. in math, problems can always…
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what does act stand for?
when it was developed in 1959, act stood for “american college testing.” but the act no longer formally calls it that. it’s just the act. but there’s a lot more to its history and all of its tests.
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how hard is the act?
difficulty is a relative term. on a difficulty scale that ranges from learning your abc’s to building a space shuttle, the act test probably ranks about here: compared to your abc’s and a typical state standardized test, the act probably ranks about here: of course, this is just an illustration. for some people, learning the…
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10 productive ways to waste time
procrastination gets a really bad rep when you think about it. everyone’s always talking about ways you can stop procrastinating…but did you know? wasting time can actually be one of the best decisions you made today! there are tons of ways you can waste time in a fun, yet productive manner. (in fact, there are…
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how your personality type can help you win at studying
i have been rabidly obsessed with mbti for about two years now. i’ve read way too many articles, researched for way too many hours, and generally become way too interested in psychology (especially for someone who is mentally insane!). what is mbti? it stands for myer-briggs type indicator, and it was engineered by renowned psychologist…