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*Test Dates 2011-2012*
SAT
*October 1, 2011
December 3, 2011
*March 10, 2012
*June 2, 2012
ACT
*November 5, 2011
January 28, 2012
May 5, 2012
*September 10, 2011
December 10, 2011
*April 14, 2012
October 22, 2011
February 11, 2012
*June 9, 2012
*Glenelg High School Testing Site
School Code: 210593
*SAT & ACT Test Preparation Course & Tutoring Options*
Bright Spot, Inc. Ellicott City
410.456.6856
www.brightspotinc.com
Dr. Martha Gagnon - Woodbine
410.442.1600
www.Marthagagnon.com
Ms. Susan Feldman (Verbal)
Columbia
410.730.6224
Howard Community College
410.772.4709
www.howardcc.edu/abe
Ms. Paige Goodwin (Math)
Columbia
410.997.3992
Learning Together Educational
Services
410.274.9840
www.comelearnwithus.com
The Princeton Review
800.273.8439
www.princetonreview.com
Kaplan
800-Kap-Test
www.Kaptest.com
Summit Educational
Group800.MYTUTOR
www.mytutor.com
*Links to Free SAT & ACT Resources*
SAT - CollegeBoard
ACT
Resources
www.Collegeboard.org
www.ACT.org
Online Question of the Day
http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/satquestion-of-the-day
http://www.actstudent.org/qotd/
Online Practice Questions
http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/satpractice-questions
http://actstudent.org/sampletest/ind
ex.html
Practice Tests
http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/satpractice-test
http://www.act.org/aap/pdf/alt_pract
ice.pdf
Additional Resources
My College QuickStart:
Review the PSAT score report and
improve skills with hundreds of practice
questions
PLAN (the practice ACT test) Practice
Questions:
http://actstudent.org/plan/pdf/sampl
e.pdf
Free Online Practice Tests
www.princetonreview.com
www.KapTest.com
*What’s the Difference?*
SAT vs. ACT
SAT
ACT
Test Structure
3 Critical Reading, 3 Math,
3 Writing and 1 Experimental
1 English, 1 Math, 1 Reading, 1 Science, 1
Writing (optional)
Test Content
Math: up to basic geometry and
algebra II
Science: none
Reading: sentence completion; short
and long critical reading passages;
reading comprehension
Writing: essay; questions testing
grammar, usage and word choice
Math: up to trigonometry
Science: charts; experiments
Reading: four passages; one each of
prose fiction, social sciences, humanities
and natural sciences
English: stresses grammar
Writing: essay (optional)
Is there a penalty for wrong
answers?
Yes , ¼ of a point for each wrong
answer on multiple choice questions
No, answer all questions
How is the test scored?
200-800 each section, added
together (2400 highest possible
score)
1 – 36 each section, averaged together
(36 highest possible score)
Do all 4 year colleges in the US
accept the test?
Yes
Yes
Website to register for tests
collegeboard.org
ACT.org
Sending Scores
Scores are sent directly from
CollegeBoard
Scores are sent directly from ACT
Sending Scores to College
**Howard County Policy requires SAT scores to be sent directly fromCollegeBoard.org and ACT scores to be sent directly
from ACT.org
SAT Subject Tests
English Literature
Math Level 2
Chinese with Listening
German with Listening
Latin
U.S. History
Biology/EM
French
Italian
Modern Hebrew
World History
Chemistry
French with Listening
Japanese with Listening
Spanish
Math Level 1
Physics
German
Korean with Listening
Spanish with Listening