ACT Preparation

Testing Dates:

The ACT is offered nationally every year in October, December, February, April, and June. It is also given in September in select cities. Students traditionally take the ACT in the spring of their junior year and, if necessary, again in the fall of their senior year.

• February 11, 2012
• April 14, 2012
• June 9, 2012

English Test:

• 75 Questions
• 45 Minutes
• Two Parts: Part One – Usage and Mechanics (Punctuation, Grammar & Usage, and Sentence Structure) & Part Two – Rhetorical Skills (Writing Strategy, Organization, and Style)

Math Test:

• 60 Questions
• 60 Minutes
• Tests Knowledge and Understanding of: Pre-Algebra, Elementary Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, Coordinate Geometry, Plane Geometry, and Trigonometry

Reading Test:

• 40 Questions
• 35 Minutes
• Four Passages from Four Different Areas of Knowledge:
  
  1. Prose Fiction (novels and short stories)
  2. Social Studies
  3. Humanities
  4. Natural Science

Science Reasoning Test:

• 40 Questions
• 35 Minutes
• Questions about seven sets of scientific information presented in three formats:
  
  1. Data Representation: graphs, tables, other schematics
  2. Research Summaries: several related experiments
  3. Conflicting Viewpoints: alternative interpretations of several related hypotheses or views that are inconsistent with each other

Tutor Doctor can help you with all of these portions of the test as well as give you some valuable test-taking tips.