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Pennies for Patients Videos (Temporary)

The Pennies for Patients service project is sponsored by HOSA and runs from Monday, January 29th Thursday, March 11th. It is a competition between Seminar classes with the winning class receiving Root Beer floats. Also, any class that raises $120 will receive treats. Help us reach our modest goal of $750 by encouraging your students to donate. The following videos may be shown to your students during Advisory time.

http://www.studentseries.org/about/who-we-are/video-library/just-like-you-video-series

The 2nd one is a short (but effective) video that basically introduces you to three young cancer patients. Since 1964 the survival rate for childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia has gone from 3% to 88% (LLS.org). Let's try to help reach 100%!

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Google Drive Resume Templates (Just the Resumes)
Suggestion: Google Resume or Sample Resume or Resume Example. Also do the same in Images..

 Resume Building Session Information:
====The goal for today is for students to see how they can turn the information they’ve gathered on the Resume Building Handout into an actual resume. One issue they may encounter is their youth! They just don’t have the job experience or educational credentials of an adult...yet. ====

====There are ways around this. One option is to include other non-job items on their resumes: athletics, clubs, activities, as well as a list of their references with contact information. ====

Here are some resources you can use to show them sample resumes:
===1. Packet from my grad school alma mater, Western Washington University: great examples of a skills-based resume vs. an employment-history resume. ===

2. Guide for building student resumes: @http://www.byui.edu/Documents/Admin_Offices/Advising/Skills-basedResumeGuide.pdf
===3. Resume templates available through Microsoft Word---tons of examples there: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/results.aspx?qu=resumes===

Attendance Matters Video (Vimeo) Freddy
Student Technology Survey

Newton High School Enrollment Information and Course Request
===Newton High School 2015-16 Course Catalog===

Newton High School Course Request via Infinite Campus
=== Please follow/like the NHS Counseling Department on Facebook and Twitter and at the Counseling Department Website. === ====There is an amazing amount of information updated daily including; student work/service opportunities, scholarships, college visits, testing info, and a lot more (including prizes). This is a great resource for students! ====

Resume Information




Google Drive Resume Templates (Just the Resumes)
Suggestion: Google Resume or Sample Resume or Resume Example. Also do the same in Images..

Tuesday, 11/4, Resume Building Session #2:
====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The goal for today is for students to see how they can turn the information they’ve gathered on the Resume Building Handout into an actual resume. One issue they may encounter is their youth! They just don’t have the job experience or educational credentials of an adult...yet. ====

====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are ways around this. One option is to include other non-job items on their resumes: athletics, clubs, activities, as well as a list of their references with contact information. ====

===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Packet from my grad school alma mater, Western Washington University: great examples of a skills-based resume vs. an employment-history resume. ===

===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Resume templates available through Microsoft Word---tons of examples there: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/results.aspx?qu=resumes===

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.066em; line-height: 1.5;">The draft is due on December 5th for the Resume Building Session #3, when their Advisory classmates AND Advisory teacher will help them revise and edit as needed.

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ACT TEST DAY

 * ACT MISC. **

ACT GENERAL INFORMATION please show the NHS counseling website [|__http://nhs-usd373-ks.schoolloop.com/guidance__] click on the testing and assessments on the left hand side, click on ACT ACT = AMERICAN COLLEGE TEST The highest score is a 36. The test consists of multiple choice questions in English, Reading, Science, Math. There is an optional Writing Component The cost to take the ACT is $38, the ACT + Writing = $54.50 The test is timed: 215 multiple-choice questions and takes 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). <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">The English test is a 75-question, 45-minute test, covering:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Usage/Mechanics
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">punctuation
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">grammar and usage
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">sentence structure || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rhetorical Skills
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">strategy
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">organization
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">style ||

<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">The Reading Test is a 40-question, 35-minute test that measures your reading comprehension. You're asked to read several passages and answer questions that show your understanding of: <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Specifically, you will use referring and reasoning skills to: <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">The test comprises four sections, each containing one long or two shorter prose passages that are representative of the level and type of reading required in first-year college courses. Passages on topics in social studies, natural sciences, literary narrative (including prose fiction), and the humanities are included. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">The ACT Mathematics Test is a 60-question, 60-minute test designed to assess the mathematical skills students have typically acquired in courses taken up to the beginning of grade 12. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">The Science Test is a 40-question, 35-minute test that measures the interpretation, analysis, evaluation, reasoning, and problem-solving skills required in the natural sciences. You are not permitted to use a calculator on the Science Test.
 * what is directly stated
 * statements with implied meanings
 * determine main ideas
 * locate and interpret significant details
 * understand sequences of events
 * make comparisons
 * comprehend cause-effect relationships
 * determine the meaning of context-dependent words, phrases, and statements
 * draw generalizations
 * analyze the author's or narrator's voice and method

ACT vs SAT <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">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. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">The ACT has up to 5 components: English, Mathematics, Reading, Science, and an optional Writing Test. The SAT has only 3 components: Critical Reading, Mathematics, and a required Writing Test. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">The College Board introduced a new version of the SAT in 2005, with a mandatory <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> writing test. ACT continues to offer its well-established test, plus an optional <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> writing test. You take the ACT Writing Test only if required or requested by the college(s) you're applying to. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">The SAT penalizes you for wrong answers, so guessing is discouraged. The ACT is scored based on the number of correct answers with no penalty for guessing. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">The ACT has an Interest Inventory that allows students to evaluate their interests in various career options. WHY take the ACT? The ACT helps you plan for your future.

In addition to the tests, the ACT also provides you with a unique Interest Inventory and a Student Profile Section. By responding to these sections, which ask about your interests, courses, and educational preferences, you provide a profile of your work in high school and your career choices to colleges. The ACT helps colleges find you.

By taking the ACT, you make yourself visible to colleges and scholarship agencies, so it's another way to help you get ready for life after high school. Scholarships – Many schools offer scholarship money based upon ACT scores. Bench Marks - Results give an indication of college readiness, colleges use scores for course placement such as college algebra vs, intermediate or remedial math (which typically are not credited toward your degree requirements), scores are universally accepted at all schools. ACT is referred by the Midwest colleges, but accepted on the coastal schools as well.

REGISTRATION Students register online at ACTSTUDENT.ORG Students may select and prioritize their test center choices, registering early provides you with better odds of getting your first choice of test center.

You may select 4 colleges / schools to receive your scores when you register. If you do not select schools, you will have to pay to have them sent later. Schools will update your scores if you take the test again and typically use your highest score. The CEEB code for NHS is 172 175 student should enter this when they register. This will ensure their ACT scores are sent to NHS.

ACT PREP

The best preparation for the ACT is taking challenging core classes. Free from student services – practice tests, stop by and pick one up. Online at Actstudent.org has free materials and materials for purchase, Practice tests are also available in bookstores, Practice pacing – set the timer as you work through the practice tests, learn how fast you need to work. ACT workshops – at Wichita State (see your counselor for info) ACT prep via PowerPrep as available. FROM ACT <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">Test Prep > > The only test preparation program designed exclusively by ACT test development professionals! > > The official ACT prep guide—the only one that includes five actual retired ACT tests—each with an optional Writing Test. > > Each day we post a new ACT Test practice question. > > A free student preparation booklet available from most high schools and colleges—includes test information, complete practice tests with scoring keys, and a writing prompt. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tips for Taking the ACT
 * [|ACT Online Prep] ™
 * [|The Real ACT Prep Guide]
 * [|ACT Question of the Day]
 * [|Preparing for the ACT] (PDF; 64 pages, 2MB) or [|Preparación para el examen de ACT] (PDF; 72 pages, 2.1MB)
 * <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Practice test questions]
 * <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Test tips]
 * Carefully read the [|instructions] on the cover of the test booklet.
 * Read the directions for each test carefully.
 * Read each question carefully.
 * Pace yourself—don't spend too much time on a single passage or question.
 * Pay attention to the announcement of five minutes remaining on each test.
 * Use a soft lead No. 2 pencil with a good eraser. Do not use a mechanical pencil or ink pen; if you do, your answer document cannot be scored accurately.
 * Answer the easy questions first, then go back and answer the more difficult ones if you have time remaining on that test.
 * On difficult questions, eliminate as many incorrect answers as you can, then make an educated guess among those remaining.
 * Answer every question. Your scores on the multiple-choice tests are based on the number of questions you answer correctly. There is no penalty for guessing.
 * If you complete a test before time is called, recheck your work on that test.
 * Mark your answers properly. Erase any mark completely and cleanly without smudging.

ACT TEST DAY

=<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">How do I get ready for test day? = <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">The best preparation for the ACT is taking a solid high school program—courses in English, math, science, and social studies—and taking your schoolwork seriously. It's also true that your attitudes, emotions, and physical state may influence your performance. So start preparing early. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Read all the information in the Register Online Brochure, if you registered on the Web, or in Registering by Mail for the ACT <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">, if you registered by paper folder. Take the complete practice tests in the free booklet, Preparing for the ACT <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">. You can [|download this booklet] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> or obtain a copy from your school. For more practice, see our online [|sample test questions] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Also read the information here on the Web so you know what to expect on test day and read test-taking tips. Be sure to read the information about permitted and prohibited calculators carefully. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">You may also consider purchasing [|ACT Online Prep™] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> or the [|Real ACT Prep Guide] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">. Both include test-taking strategies and practice tests. =<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">What identification will I have to show at the test center? = <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Before being admitted to test, you are required to present both: <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">The ID you present, including any required signatures, must be original, not a photocopy or reproduction, and your name must be in English. School ID that is printed (e.g., from a website) or not in a hard card format is not acceptable. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">If your appearance has changed and you do not have acceptable photo ID that matches your current appearance, Current official photo ID
 * Acceptable photo identification
 * Your printed ACT admission or standby ticket with your photo printed on it.
 * Must be an original, current (valid) ID issued by a city/state/federal government agency or your school. Note: School ID must be in hard plastic card format. Paper or electronic formats are NOT acceptable.
 * Your first and last names must match the ticket.
 * The photo must be clearly recognizable as you.

<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">What should I take to the test center? <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Be sure you take the items below to the test center. Pack the night before and make sure everything is ready to go. You don't want to forget anything or risk not being admitted to test.
 * A printed copy of your [|ticket].
 * [|Acceptable photo identification] . You will not be admitted to test without it. (Your ticket alone is not sufficient identification.)
 * Sharpened, soft lead No. 2 pencils with good erasers (no mechanical pencils or ink pens). Do not bring highlight pens or any other kinds of writing instruments; you will not be allowed to use them. If you registered for the ACT Plus Writing, your essay must also be completed in pencil.
 * A watch to pace yourself. Do not bring a watch with an alarm, because it will disturb other students. If your alarm sounds during testing, you will be dismissed and your answer document will not be scored. The supervisor in standard time rooms will announce when you have five minutes remaining on each test.
 * A [|permitted calculator] may be used on the Mathematics Test only. It is your responsibility to know whether your calculator is permitted. Please refer to the [|ACT Calculator Policy].

<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">Can I change my test date or test center on test day? <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">No. To be considered for admission to the test center, you must bring a printed copy of your ticket. The test center and correct test date must be listed on your ticket. If you bring a ticket for another test date or a different test center, you will not <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> be admitted. You must also bring [|acceptable photo identification] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">The only change you can make on the day of the test is your test option—ACT No Writing or ACT Plus Writing. Tell the test supervisor at your test center that you want to make this change before <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> you are admitted to test. If there are materials, space, and staff available for your new preferred test option after students registered for that option have been admitted, you will be allowed to make the change. If you change to the ACT Plus Writing, ACT will bill you.

ACT MISC. =<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">Why take the ACT? = The ACT is accepted by all 4-year colleges and universities in the United States. The ACT multiple-choice tests are based on what you're learning.

The ACT is not an aptitude or an IQ test. The test questions on the ACT are directly related to what you have learned in your high school courses in English, mathematics, reading, and science. Every day you attend class you are preparing for the ACT. The harder you work in school, the more prepared you will be for the test. There are many ways to prepare for the ACT.

Taking challenging courses in high school is the best way to prepare, but ACT also offers a number of [|test preparation options] including free online practice tests, testing tips for each subject area tested, and the free student booklet Preparing for the ACT. This booklet includes complete practice tests (with a sample writing prompt and example essays). ACT Online Prep™, the only online test preparation program developed by ACT, is another tool to help you be ready for test day. The ACT helps you plan for your future.

In addition to the tests, the ACT also provides you with a unique Interest Inventory and a Student Profile Section. By responding to these sections, which ask about your interests, courses, and educational preferences, you provide a profile of your work in high school and your career choices to colleges. The ACT helps colleges find you.

By taking the ACT, you make yourself visible to colleges and scholarship agencies, so it's another way to help you get ready for life after high school. Your ACT score is based only on what you know.

The ACT is the only national college admission test based on the number of correct answers—you are not penalized for guessing. You choose which scores you send to colleges.

When you register for the ACT, you can choose up to four colleges to which ACT will send your scores as part of the basic fee for your test option. If you take the test [|more than once], you choose which test date results the colleges will receive. ACT sends scores only for the test date you select. Optional Writing Test.

Because not all colleges require a writing test for admission, ACT offers you the choice of whether or not you want to spend the extra time and money taking the Writing Test. Writing is an important skill for college and work, but schools use different methods to measure your writing skills. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">When should I test? <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Pick a test date that is at least two months ahead of the application deadlines <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> of all the colleges and scholarship agencies you might want to apply to. Scores for the ACT (No Writing) are normally reported within 2–8 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. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Advantages to testing in your junior year: <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">How Do I Sign Up for the ACT? [|Online registration] is the fastest method. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> You will know immediately if your preferred test center has space for you to test, and you also can print your admission ticket from the website. How you sign up depends on where and how you plan to test: please see below for how to register. Reminder: You need to [|register by mail] only if you are [|younger than 13] or cannot pay by credit card.
 * You've probably completed the coursework corresponding to the test material.
 * You'll have your test scores and other information in time to help you plan your senior year. (For example, you may decide to take an additional class in an area in which your test score was low.)
 * Colleges will know of your interests and have your scores in time to contact you during the summer before your senior year, when many of them are sending information about admissions, course placement, scholarships, and special programs to prospective students.
 * You'll have information about yourself and the schools you're considering prior to your campus visits, making your visits more focused.
 * You'll have the opportunity to retest if you feel your scores don't accurately reflect your abilities in the areas tested.
 * If you plan to test at a [|national or international test center], sign up online by creating or logging in to your [|ACT Web account]
 * If you are requesting [|extended time] or [|other accommodations] for the first time, sign up online by creating or logging in to your [|ACT Web account] or [|register by mail] in addition to completing the application request and submitting required documentation.

<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">Should I test again? <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Many students test twice, once as a junior and again as a senior. You should definitely consider retesting if you had any problems during testing, such as misunderstanding the directions, or feeling ill. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">You may also want to consider retesting if you don't believe that your scores accurately represent your abilities, especially if you see a discrepancy between your ACT scores and your high school grades, or if you have subsequently completed coursework in the areas covered by the ACT. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">If you test more than once, you determine [|which set of scores are sent] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> to colleges or scholarship programs. ACT reports scores from only one test date per report. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">How will you do on a retest? <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Research shows that of students from the 2013 graduating class who took the ACT more than once: <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">For students with an initial ACT Composite score between 13 and 29, the typical ACT Composite score from the second testing is about 1 point higher (see Table below). =<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">Who can take the ACT? = <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">People of all ages and grade levels are eligible to take the ACT. This includes [|students in grades 6, 7, 8, and 9] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> and high school graduates. Of course you'll need to [|register] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> and pay the [|test fees] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">.
 * 57% increased their Composite score on the retest
 * 21% had no change in their Composite score on the retest
 * 22% decreased their Composite score on the retest
 * The lower your initial ACT Composite score, the more likely your second score will be higher than the first score.
 * The higher your initial ACT Composite score, the more likely your second score will be the same as or lower than the first score.

<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">Which scores are reported if I test more than once? <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">If you have taken the ACT (No Writing) or ACT Plus Writing more than once, we maintain a separate record for each test date. If you ask us to send a report to a college, we will release only the record from the test date you request. This protects you and ensures that you direct the reporting of your scores by ACT for admission purposes. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">If you wish, you may ask us to report more than one test date record to a college. However, you may not select test scores from different test dates to construct a new record; you must designate an entire test date record as it stands. ACT does not create new records by combining scores from different test dates. =<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">When will the college receive my scores? = <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Colleges receive ACT score reports according to the reporting method and schedule they select—at least every two weeks. For that reason, score reports requested at the same time may be sent to different colleges at different times. Most colleges receive scores only electronically and might not review priority reports. Other colleges may receive paper reports sent by first-class mail and delivered within a few days. It is not unusual, however, for there to be some time between when a college receives your report and when the scores are added to your admissions file. =<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">I haven't received my scores yet. How long does it take? = <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">You can view your scores online as soon as they are available through your student Web account. Most multiple-choice scores from National and International testing, including the Composite score, are posted within 2 weeks after each test date. Writing scores are normally added about 2 weeks after your multiple-choice scores. You will receive notification when you log in to your account if your Writing scores have been added. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">If you tested through State and District Testing as of spring 2008 or if you tested through Special, Arranged, Project, or DANTES testing as of mid-September 2008, you can also view your scores online after <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> you receive your score report in the mail with an [|ACT Student Web account] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">. [|Score reports] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> for the ACT (No Writing) are normally processed and posted online within 2 to 8 weeks after the test date. (Please allow an additional 1 to 2 weeks if you test in a location other than the US, US territories, or Canada.) If you took the ACT Plus Writing, your scores will be released only after all your scores are available, including Writing, normally about 2 weeks after your multiple-choice sccores. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Your score report will also be delivered as a PDF through your student Web account. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Scores are processed and added each week, usually each Wednesday and Friday. Normally, all scores are reported by 8 weeks after the test date. (See examples of [|why some scores take longer] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">.) There is no <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> option to speed the scoring of your tests.

=<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">What time does the test start? = <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Testing begins after all examinees present by 8:00 a.m. are checked in and seated. A short break is scheduled after the first two tests. For students taking the ACT Plus Writing, a brief break is also scheduled before the [|Writing Test] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">. Students taking the ACT (No Writing) in standard time rooms are normally dismissed at about 12:15 p.m.; students taking the ACT Plus Writing are normally dismissed at about 1:00 p.m. =<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">What if I missed the test date I signed up for? = Once you have submitted your registration to ACT, by any method, it cannot be canceled. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">If you miss the test for any <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> reason, including illness, injury, being denied admission at the test center for lack of ID, or late arrival, your options are listed below. IMPORTANT: Once you break the seal on your test booklet, you cannot later request a test date change, even if you do not complete all your tests. You must register again and pay the full fee for your test option if you want to retest. > > [|Log in to your ACT Web account] and select "Make Changes to Your Registration" or call ACT Registration at 319.337.1270 by the regular deadline for the new test date. You will be charged the full fee for the new test date in addition to the [|test date change fee]. If you call during the late registration period, you will also be a charged a [|late fee]. In either case, your basic fee for the original test date will be promptly refunded. (If you register for a new test date instead of making a test date change, your basic fee for the original test date will not be refunded.) If you decide you do not want to test on another test date, your registration fee and any additional fees (such as late fee or test center change fee) are nonrefundable. If you do not test, no score reports will be sent. > > If you do not test and do not make a test date change, the following fees for optional services are refundable if you ordered and paid for the services when you registered:
 * 1)  Request and pay for a test date change
 * 1) Request a refund for optional services
 * Score reports for 5th and 6th college codes
 * Test Information Release
 * ACT Writing Test

To request a refund, write "REFUND" on your unused admission ticket and mail it to ACT Registration, or write a letter including your identifying information and the test date and test option for which you registered. Label your envelope "REFUND." Refunds will be issued about eight weeks after your scheduled test date and will be issued in the form of payment originally received (for example, a credit will be applied to your credit card). Requests for refunds for the 2014–2015 testing year received after July 31, 2015, will not be considered. Send your request to: ACT

P.O. Box 414

Iowa City, IA 52243-0414

USA =<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">What happens if there is bad weather on test day? = <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Listen to the local radio or television station that normally carries school announcements. If the test administration is canceled at your test center, there will be an announcement and the administration will be rescheduled. ACT will also notify you by mail or e-mail as soon as your rescheduled test date information is finalized. All test centers being rescheduled will be listed on this [|website] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">. More information on the [|rescheduling of test dates] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> can be found on this website. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">If your test center stays open, but you are unable to travel to the test center due to severe weather, call ACT Student Services at <span class="skype_c2c_print_container notranslate">319.337.1270 <span class="skype_c2c_container notranslate"><span class="skype_c2c_highlighting_inactive_common"><span class="skype_c2c_textarea_span"><span class="skype_c2c_text_span">319.337.1270   (Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. central time) during the week after your originally scheduled test date to change to a future test date. If your test center remained open, you will not be eligible to test at a rescheduled test center. =<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">Why was I assigned to a test center that was not one of my original choices? Can I change this? = <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">When you registered, the test center you chose was either full or unavailable. We assigned you to the nearest available <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> test center, based on your original choices, that had a seat and materials for your test option. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">To request a Test Center Change, log in to your [|ACT Web account] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> and select "Make changes to your registration" or call ACT at 319.337.1270 <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> by the late deadline for your test date. When you call, have your [|ACT ID] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">, test date, test option, preferred [|test center] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> and a valid credit card number with expiration date. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">If there is room at your preferred test center for your test option, you will be assigned there and charged a [|Test Center Change fee] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">If you miss the late deadline, you may be able to request [|standby testing] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">. <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">For students approved to test with [|extended time] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">: If you were approved, we assigned you to the nearest test center with an extended time seat. If you were approved for accommodations other than extended time, we assigned you to the nearest available center that could provide those accommodations. Please note: <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> This test center may be different than the one listed on the standard time admission ticket you received when you registered. If it is, you must log into your ACT Web account and reprint your admission ticket. =<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">How can I make changes to my registration? = <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Log in to your [|ACT Web account] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> and select "Make changes to your registration" or call ACT at 319.337.1270 <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> no later than the [|late registration deadline] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">for your preferred test date. You will need to know your preferred test center, test option, and/or test date and have a valid credit card number with expiration date and security code. Test Option Change

<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">See [|I've changed my mind about taking the ACT Writing Test. Can I add or remove it before test day?] Test Center Change for the same test date

<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">If a seat and materials are available for your test option at your new preferred test center on your preferred test date, you will be assigned there and charged a [|Test Center Change fee] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">. If you want to make this change after the [|late registration deadline] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">, it's too late to make a test center change. Instead, find out about requesting [|standby testing] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">. Test Date Change

<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">A test date change can be used to sign up for a different test date if you are absent or unable to test on the original test date or if your registration is cancelled for failure to meet ACT's test security requirements. Other Test Dates: <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> If a seat and materials are available for your test option at your preferred test center on your new test date, you will be assigned there. You will be charged the full basic test fee <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> for your test option plus <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> the [|Test Date Change fee] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">(plus a [|late fee] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">if you request the change during the [|late registration period] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">for the new test date). The test fee for your original test date will be promptly refunded. Note: If you paid with an ACT Fee Waiver, the waiver will be reapplied to your new test date, but covers only <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> the test fee for your test option—you must pay all other fees. If you want to make this change after the late deadline for your preferred test date, it's too late to make a test date change. Instead, find out about requesting [|standby testing] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">. Other Registration Changes <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> (college choices, address, etc.)

<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Read your admission ticket carefully. If you need to make any informational changes (such as your mailing address), log in to your [|ACT Web account] <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;"> and select "Make changes to your registration," or call 319.337.1270 <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">. Note that college choices can be added or changed only until noon on the Thursday following the Saturday test date.

<span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #d51922; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">Why Go to College? <span style="background-color: #fcfcef; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; vertical-align: baseline;">Whether you are uncertain about going to college or you just need some reassurance you're on the right track, here are a few reasons to go to college:
 * Every bit of education you get after high school increases the chances you'll earn good pay. Most college graduates earn more money during their working years than people who stop their education at high school earn.
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