ACT/SAT/PSAT

ACT

Test Date

September 11, 2021

October 23, 2021

December 11, 2021

February 12, 2022

*April 2, 2022

*June 11, 2022

July 16, 2022

Regular Deadline

August 6, 2021

September 17, 2021

November 5, 2021

January 7, 2022

February 25, 2022

May 6, 2022

June 17, 2022

Late Fee Registration

August 20, 2021

October 1, 2021

November 19, 2021

January 21, 2022

March 11, 2022

May 20, 2022

June 24, 2022

Photo Upload/Standby Deadline

September 3, 2021

October 15, 2021

December 3, 2021

February 4, 2022

March 25, 2022

June 3, 2022

July 8, 2022

* Test Dates for Shawnee Heights High School
Sign up: ​
www.actstudent.org/start
Shawnee Heights School Code:  172-883

Test Date

August 28, 2021

October 2, 2021

November 6, 2021

December 4, 2021

March 12, 2022

May 7, 2022

June 4, 2022

Registration Deadline

July 30, 2021

September 3, 2021

October 8, 2021

November 4, 2021

February 11, 2022

April 8, 2022

May 5, 2022

Late Fee Registration

August 17, 2021 (for registrations made online or by phone)

September 21, 2021 (for registrations made online or by phone)

October 26, 2021 (for registrations made online or by phone)

November 23, 2021 (for registrations made online or by phone)

March 1, 2022 (for registrations made online or by phone)

April 26, 2022 (for registrations made online or by phone)

May 25, 2022 (for registrations made online or by phone)

Deadline for Changes

August 17, 2021

September 21, 2021

October 26, 2021

November 23, 2021

March 1, 2022

April 26, 2022

May 25, 2022

Visit www.collegboard.org to register, or for more information. 

Practice testing materials are available for students wanting to take these tests

PSAT

What is the PSAT and Why Should I Take It?
The PSAT is the qualifying exam for the National Merit Scholars Program.  
7,400 National Merit Scholarships of three types and approximately 1,200 Special Scholarships will be awarded every year; these 8,600 awards will have a combined value of more than $43 million.  A complete list of corporate and college who participate in the National Merit Program may be found at http://nationalmerit.org/Merit_Sponser_Leaflet.pdf.
What are my Chances?
1.5 million students take the PSAT every year, about 50,000 receive some sort of National Merit recognition, such as Commended Scholar, Semi-Finalist, Finalist, or National Achievement Scholar. The top ½ of 1 percent who take the test become National Merit Scholar Finalists, the top 3% are recognized as Commended or Semi-Finalists.  This is based on the high score in your state for the year, so winning scores change from year to year, winning scores in Kansas have typically been around 220.  

See Mr. Skaggs for more information.

 

Test Comparisons

ACT
2 hours & 55 minutes
3 hours & 22 minutes (with writing)

English
- 75 questions
- 45 minutes
- 4 choice-multiple choice
- Usage/mechanics questions
- Rhetorical skills questions

Math
- 60 questions
- 60 minutes
- 5 choice-multiple choice
- Pre-Algebra through Trigonometry

Reading
40 questions
- 35 minutes
​- 4 choice-multiple choice
- Comprehension and Reasoning

Science
- 50 questions
- 35 minutes
​- 4 choice-multiple choice
- Interpretation, analysis, evaluation, reasoning, and problem solving

Writing (optional)
- 1 essay
- 40 minutes
​- Prompt given

Scoring
- No penalty for incorrect answers
- Subject area scores are scaled
- Composite score is an average of subject area scores
- For more specific information: 
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SAT
3 1/2 hours including the optional 50 minute essay

Reading
- 52 questions
​- 65 minutes

Math
- 2 sections
1. No Calculator
- 20 questions
- 25 minutes
2. With Calculator
- 38 questions
​- 55 minutes

Writing and Language
- 44 questions
- 35 minutes

No Science

Writing (optional)
- 1 essay
- 50 minutes
​- Prompt given

Scoring
- No penalty for incorrect answers
- Raw score is determined by the number of questions answered correctly (one point per answer)
- Raw score is turned in to a scaled score
- Scaled scores are added together
- For more specific information: 
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PSAT
​2 hours & 45 minutes

Reading
- 60 minutes
- 47 questions
- 5 passages: 1 literature, 2 history/social science, 2 science
- 1-2 graphs
- 1 passage will include compare/contrast
- Questions go in order that they appear in the text
- Difficulty of questions is random
- 4 choice-multiple choice
- Text evidence and graph questions

Math
- 2 sections
​1. With Calculator
- 27 questions
- 45 minutes
- 4 grid-ins
2. No Calculator
- 13 questions
- 25 minutes
- 4 grid-ins
- Emphasis on Algebra and Stats

Writing and Language
- 1 section
- 45 minutes
- 4 passages
- 11 questions per passage
- Questions are in random order of difficulty
- 4 choice-multiple choice
- Evidence based reading with questions involving editing

No Science

No Writing

Scoring
- No penalty for incorrect answers
- Math makes up half of the score
- Reading and writing combine to make up the other half
​- Raw score is determined by the number of questions answered correctly (one point per answer)
- Raw scores are turned in to section scores
- Section scores are added together
- For more specific information: 
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