Potential Magazine Fall 2012 | Page 13
writing & essay
guessing
scoring
The required essay for the SAT is
allotted a time of 25 minutes for
a student to complete. Unlike the
prompts for the ACT, the SAT will
usually present a general issue and a
student will need to elaborate on it
using outside examples.
Guessing is not encouraged on
the SAT since every wrong answer
counts off. However, if a student
is able to narrow his/her choices
down to three, their chance of
guessing correctly increases,
and they should then make an
educated guess.
Each section of the SAT is worth
While grammar usage is important
for both tests, the ACT stresses
punctuation and even questions
rhetoric strategies more. The essay
for the ACT is optional; however,
often colleges are requiring it for
admission. For this 30-minute essay,
a student will possibly be asked
to take a stand on a potentially
controversial topic.
For the ACT, there is no penalty
for guessing an incorrect answer.
Students are encouraged to mark
and answer for every question,
whether they know the answer
or not.
Each section of the ACT is scored
out of 36 points. To calculate the
combined score, the scores from
each section are averaged. The
average score is usually around 21.
The combined score is known as
the composite score.
up to 800 points and is weighted.
On average, students usually score
around 500.
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