College Essays
Essay Prompts
Writing the Effective College Essay
Assessment
PSAT: AISD students will take the PSAT, a preliminary SAT exam, during the school day in the 10th and 11thgrade. Scores on the PSAT taken in the 11th grade may qualify students for National Merit Scholarships.
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/about.html
Once the PSAT exam is given in October, students can access an online score report through the My College Quick Start program https://quickstart.collegeboard.org/posweb/login.jsp
SAT: Colleges and universities will often require an SAT score as part of the admissions profile when reviewing incoming students. Sections include Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing with a possible high score of 2400. Register here for SAT:
http://sat.collegeboard.org/home
SAT Dates 2014-2015: http://sat.collegeboard.org/register/sat-us-dates
ACT: The ACT college readiness exam measures English, math, reading, science, and writing skills. Scores can range between 1 and 36.
Register here for the ACT: https://services.actstudent.org/OA_HTML/actibeCAcdLogin.jsp
ACT Dates 2014-2015: http://www.actstudent.org/regist/dates.html
College Readiness & TSI (Texas Success Initiative)
The TSI is designed to measure college readiness skills in the areas of reading, writing and math. If you are student planning to enroll in college level coursework, you may need to take the TSI exam. Some students are EXEMPT from the TSI exam, provided they meet the following criteria:
PSAT: Combined score of 107, Critical Reading 50 and Math 50 (taken in the fall of 2013)
ACT: Composite scores of 23, English 19, Math 19
SAT: Combined scores of 1070, Critical Reading 500 and Math 500
TSI: Math 350, Reading 351, Essay score 5 OR Math 350, Reading 363, Essay score 4
For more information about the TSI, visit: http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/accuplacer/accuplacer-texas-success-initiative-assessment-student-brochure.pdf
Also visit your campus College & Career Center for TSI test dates/information.
Test Prep Resources
https://www.khanacademy.org/
http://www.actstudent.org/testprep/
Full SAT Practice Test
http://www.princetonreview.com/
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