Planning for College Admissions Testing

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Planning for CollegeAdmissions Testing
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Planning for College

• In this session we will look at
• The various tests required for college
  admission.
• Understanding the importance of preparing for
  college testing.
• Developing an awareness of resources
  available for test preparation.

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The Tests
SAT I The Scholastic Assessment Test (formerly
the Scholastic Aptitude Test) is a test of verbal
and mathematical ability. PSAT The Preliminary
SAT students take this test to prepare for the
SAT. Students preparing with testGEAR for PSAT
also have a greater chance of earning a National
Merit Scholarship, because student scores on the
PSAT/NMSQT are used as the entry vehicle for each
year's competition. ACTAmerican College
Testing created the ACT to assess abilities in
areas like math and reading comprehension.
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1. Go to access.bridges.com and choose
testGEAR
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How Else Can You Prepare?

• Practice, practice, practice!
• Work on your vocabulary
• Establish a regular study period after school
• Get lots of rest and eat a good meal before
  taking any test
• Remember, you can take a test as many times as
  you have to -- if you don't do well the first
  time, take it again
• Most important -- believe in yourself!

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Summary
The keys to doing well on your tests are

• Being familiar with the contents of the tests
• Developing a strategy for preparing for the
  tests
• Practice, practice, practice!