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The new ACT exam will be offered beginning in February. Students can use this link to find out if the college they are applying to requires the writing test or not. The website also has sample questions. The registration deadline for the Feb. 12 test is Jan. 21. http://www.act.org/aap/writing/index.html


For students in the class of 2006 (and later), the NEW SAT will be offered beginning in March. Find a link below to the collegeboard website that offers sample math ,writing, and verbal questions of the test--including an essay prompt that will be required. The website contains info that compares the current and NEW SAT tests. http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/newsat/prep/practice.html

Find a link below to an article in the January 18th 2005 Seattle Times regarding scoring for the new essay.

"What makes a good essay for SAT? That's hard to say With just two months to go before the much-heralded new SAT is given, a team of English professors and psychometricians is poring over sample essays to determine what kind of writing..." Full story: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002153350_sat18.html

Understanding your PSAT/NMSQT scores. See The links below

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