ACT has been one of the most prominent parameters which determine whether or not a student can get admissions to most universities and colleges across the United States. ACT predominantly focuses on how ready the students of High schools are for admissions in US colleges and universities. The impressive array of colleges has some heavy names like Stanford University, Harvard University, University of Southern California, and so forth.

ACT is held 6 times per year for international cities and 7 for national cities. It is noteworthy that this test is also accepted by all the 4-year universities in the US alongside around 225 universities that are outside of the United States.

For ACT Registration Online:

• 1. Organize all the important documents such as academic documents, digital headshot, contact details, and more.
• 2. Navigate ACT official website from your computer or laptop. Make a note that phones and tablets are not suitable for this purpose.
• 3. Make an account on ACT official website: www.act.org
• 4. Register yourself by tapping on the symbol of the same.
• 5. Complete profile selection process by providing the details like contact, and academic details
• 6. Select your ACT date from ACT examination dates 2024 and the option (with or without writing)
• 7. Choose up to 4 colleges to deliver your ACT scores
• 8. Then select an ACT centre of your preference
• 9. Make sure you have paid the ACT exam fees 2024
• 10. Finally, upload the photograph, and other necessary documents

For ACT Registration Online:

• Organize all the important documents such as academic documents, digital documents scanned and verified, contact details, and more.
• Navigate ACT official website from your computer or laptop. Make a note that phones and tablets are not suitable for this purpose.
• Make an account on ACT official website: www.act.org
• Register yourself by tapping on the ACT registrations.
• Complete profile selection process by providing the details like contact, and academic details
• Select your ACT date from ACT examination dates 2024 and the option (with or without writing)
• Choose up to 4 colleges to deliver your ACT scores
• Then select an ACT centre of your preference
• Make sure about the ACT exam fees 2024
• Finally, upload the photograph

For ACT Registration Offline:

• Request a mail packet at your school or from the website
• Complete and submit the details like contact information, academic information, and also select ACT centre and date
• Mail your ACT registration form. The delivery will take a maximum of 7 - 10 days.

Overall there are 7 passages which are followed by around 5 to 7 questions.
The exam of ACT science tests the following:

• Interpretive skills
• Analytical skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Evaluation skills

ACT Reading Syllabus

The ACT syllabus for the subject of Reading includes 40 questions that need to be solved within 35 minutes. Overall there are around four sections. Three of the sections include lengthy prose and the remaining section had two brief prose works. The questions are usually very similar to the syllabus of first-year minutes sentence-construction college.

This exam of ACT reading evaluates skills based on the following:

• Major ideas and details
• Organization and development
• Uniformity of knowledge and ideas.

ACT Maths Syllabus

ACT math includes 60 questions with 60 minutes of sentence construction. ACT math topics cover:

• Pre-algebra: 14
• Elementary algebra: 10
• Intermediate algebra: 9
• Plane geometry: 14
• Coordinate geometry: 9
• Elementary trigonometry: 4

The calculator is also allowed in the ACT Maths exam but only after following certain guidelines, which can be checked on the official websites.

ACT Writing Syllabus

ACT Writing is an optional paper that is mostly opted by Indian students. It is 40-minute long including an essay prompt. It is also scored on a range of 1 to 6 by 2 different examiners. This particular section is marked on four categories:

• Ideas and reasoning skills
• organization and development
• language use
• structure

Given beneath is a detailed description of the ACT exam syllabus:

ACT English

ACT English is the 1st section of the ACT syllabus that has a duration of 45 minutes with 75 questions. It covers skills like

• Usage/mechanics
• Sentence construction
• Rhetorical abilities

There are a total of five passages that require to be answered. On 1 side of the page, there are underlined segments that need to be rectified, and the other side has answers. ACT English section evaluates the aspirant's abilities on 4 major skills:

• Usage/mechanics skills judged based on: Commas, apostrophe, modifiers, colons, etc
• Rhetorical skills: Transitions, clarity, precision, brevity, structure
• Sentence Structure: Develop sentence in a grammatically correct, coherent, and stylistic manner

Identification Requirements For ACT examination:

Given beneath are the valid identification documents that one can show to take the ACT:

• A current official photo ID original, valid and government or school issued
• Should be in hard plastic card format(paper or electronic formats not accepted)
• The first and last name of the aspirant must match the name mentioned in the registration form. The photo on the ID should be recognizable as you.
• Aspirants must present the ACT student identification form with a photo if a valid identification card is not available.

Q. What is the cutoff of ACT?

Q. How is the ACT evaluated?

A. All the ACT sections are Reading, Math, English, or Science are evaluated on a range of 1 to 36. The marks of all the sections are then added together and then divided by four to get the composite score.

Q. What is the duration of the ACT examination?

A. The ACT examination is around 2 hours and 55 minutes long. If you have the optional writing section then you need to add 30 minutes more. In that scenario, the total duration of ACT is 3 hours and 25 minutes after adding the writing section.

Q. When should one take the ACT exam?

A. Analyse the time that you will need to prepare for the ACT exam and when you are planning to apply to colleges. Be sure that you have the ACT score with you at the time of filling out the application.

Q. What do I need to take to the ACT centre?

Aspirants need to bring the following with them to the test centre:

• A valid photo ID
• 2 pencils (sharpened) with erasers
• A calculator