Whether you are a senior trying to take a final stab at one of the standardized college admission tests to boost your scores, or a junior just starting the testing process, here are a few fast facts about the upcoming tests:
SAT and SAT II (www.collegeboard.org) All tests are offered at Saint Peter’s Prep.
SAT Fee: $49.00
SAT II Fees: Basic registration fee = $22/ Charge per test = $11/ Charge for Language with listening test = $22
Next Test Date: January, 28, 2012
Sign-Up Deadline: December 30, 2011
Late Deadline (additional fee applies): January 13, 2012
SAT Subject Tests offered in January: Spanish (non-listening), French (non-listening), Math Level 1 and 2, U.S. History, Physics, Chemistry, Biology (E & M), and Literature.
Following this test, there will be an SAT on March 10th (registration deadline-February 10th). The final two SAT’s of the season will be held May 5th, and June 2nd.
The majority of colleges and universities do not require SAT subject tests (also called SAT II). However, many competitive schools do require anywhere from one to three subject tests. Therefore, for juniors who are planning to apply to more selective schools, we recommend that you map out a schedule of subject tests that will be most beneficial to your personal college application process. (Please feel free to meet with your Guidance Counselor.) Certain SAT subject tests are not offered on every SAT, so please visit the College Board site to view the schedule of subject tests.
*Please be advised that the March SAT date will not offer any subject tests, so please plan accordingly.
ACT (http://www.actstudent.org/) Tests are not offered at Saint Peter’s Prep.
Fee: Without writing section = $34.00/ With writing section = $49.50 (writing cost is refundable)
Next Test Date: February 11th, 2012
Sign-up Deadline: January 13th, 2012
Late Deadline (additional fee applies): January 14th-20th, 2012
Following this test, there will be only two more tests for this season on April 14th and June 9th.
The optional writing section on the ACT is a 30-minute essay test that measures your writing skills. Some schools require that the applicant include this when taking the ACT, so make sure to look into that before registering for the ACT. There is a tool on the ACT website that will search for the colleges that require the writing section of the ACT, which can be found here: http://www.actstudent.org/writing/index.html .
We hope this information has been helpful, and please check in next week as Prep’s College Knowledge will go into detail about the differences of the ACT and SAT. All colleges and universities now accept either the ACT or the SAT, and often students will perform better on one test than the other. We will take a deeper look into these two college admissions tests, to help you decide which one is the best fit for you!
