FAQ - ACT

Test-related questions

ACT (No Writing)

$34.00

Includes reports for you, your high school (if you authorize reporting), and up to four college choices (if valid codes are provided when you register).

ACT Plus Writing

$49.50

Includes reports for you, your high school (if you authorize reporting), and up to four college choices (if valid codes are provided when you register). The $15.50 Writing Test fee is refundable, on written request if you are absent on test day or switch to the ACT (No Writing) before testing begins.

Additional registration fees and services
Add to the basic fee for your test option (except for the Test Center Change)

 

International testing (required outside the U.S. or Canada)

add $27.00

The ACT Plus Writing is not available at international test centers on the February test date.

5th and 6th college choices

add $10.00 each

Requested online before the test date; refundable on written request, if you do not test. Find out how much it costs to send your scores after you test.

 

 

Telephone re-registration

add $13.00

 

 

Late registration fee (U.S. or Canada only)

add $21.00

For registration or test date change submitted during the late period for a national test date.

 

 

Standby testing on test day

add $42.00

 

 
   
 

 

 

Test date change

add $21.00

For different date only if absent or unable to test on original date. If you request a test date change after the regular deadline for the new date, you must also add the late fee. You will be charged the full basic fee for your new test date plus $21.00 ($42.00 if you register during the late period). Your basic fee for the original test date will be promptly refunded.

Test center change

$21.00

For the same test date.

 

 

The ACT is administered on six test dates within the United States, U.S. territories, Puerto Rico, and Canada—September, October, December, February, April, and June.

In other locations, the ACT is administered on all of the above dates except September (Singapore included). To check for test dates: please go to http://www.actstudent.org/regist/intldates.html

Test Date

Registration Deadline

October 22, 2011

September 16, 2011

December 10, 2011

November 4, 2011

February 11, 2012*

January 13, 2012

April 14, 2012

March 9, 2012

June 9, 2012

May 4, 2012

 

The full score is 36

There are three test centres in Singapore:

  • Singapore American School (SAS)
  • US Education Information Centre (USEIC)
  • International Community School (ICS)

Scores for the ACT (No Writing) are normally reported within 3–8 weeks after the test date. If you take the ACT Plus Writing, scores will be reported only after all of your scores are available, including Writing, normally within 5–8 weeks after the test date.

You can take the ACT as many times as you want within a year. 

ACT results are accepted by all 4-year colleges and universities in the U.S.  However, please take note that sometimes even if you taken the ACT, you still need to take SAT subject tests. ACT

It is advisable for students to check with the individual colleges.

The ACT is an achievement test, measuring what a student has learned in school. The SAT is more of an aptitude test, testing reasoning and verbal abilities.

The ACT has up to 5 components: English, Mathematics, Reading, Science, and an optional Writing Test. The SAT has only 3 components: Critical Reasoning, Mathematics, and a required Writing Test.

The College Board introduced a new version of the SAT in 2005, with a mandatory writing test. ACT continues to offer its well-established test, plus an optional writing test. You take the ACT Writing Test only if required by the college(s) you're applying to.

The SAT has a correction for guessing. That is, they take off for wrong answers. The ACT is scored based on the number of correct answers with no penalty for guessing.

 215 multiple-choice questions 

Approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes to complete, including a short break (or just over four hours if you are taking the ACT Plus Writing). 


Actual testing time is 2 hours and 55 minutes (plus 30 minutes if you are taking the ACT Plus Writing).

 There are 4 sections.  Optional Writing section.

Test

 

 

Content

English

75 questions

45 minutes

Measures standard written English and rhetorical skills.

Mathematics

60 questions

60 minutes

Measures mathematical skills students have typically acquired in courses taken up to the beginning of grade 12.

Reading

40 questions

35 minutes

Measures reading comprehension.

Science

40 questions

35 minutes

Measures the interpretation, analysis, evaluation, reasoning, and problem-solving skills required in the natural sciences.

Optional Writing Test

1 prompt

30 minutes

Measures writing skills emphasized in high school English classes and in entry-level college composition courses.

 The validity period of your ACT score may be valid up to 10 years. Depending on the schools.

Course-related questions

You can come to our centre personally or do the registration online. Registration is confirmed when payment is received. You can choose to pay by cash, NETS, Visa/Mastercard or cheque.

As the duration of our programs is short, a student pass is not necessary. Our international students have comfortably completed our programs using a tourist visa. If required, we will provide you with the necessary documentation needed for an extension of your visa.

For rescheduling of lessons, students are required to give ICON+ a minimum notice of 24 hours prior to the scheduled lesson, failing which would result in forfeiture of the lesson.

ICON+’s international team of professional instructors are dedicated to your preparation process. All ICON+ instructors have

  • completed a grueling Master Trainer Program that lasts over 200 hours; only one in five trainees will successfully do so;
  • at least 5 years of instructional experience;
  • achieved minimum 95th percentile in the test they are teaching; and
  • a proven record of producing high-scoring students.
  • We are not a franchise which may have differing standards or an inexperienced start up company with no track record. Our corporate partners and students believe that we are a serious company because we have the experience and resources to back any project, big or small. SMU, as well as other reputable universities, has appointed ICON+ as its official test prep centre.
  • We believe in customized solutions. No two students have the same needs.
  • We have a team of highly experienced and trained test prep specialists with a proven track record of producing top-scoring students.
  • ICON+ provides a full suite of value added services such as test registration, admissions consulting and many more!