Student Corner: Preparing for the ACT/SAT

July 13, 2016
Posted by CFL Admin

With the major changes to the high school senior’s timeline this year, seniors have to plan ahead to ensure they have achieved the scores necessary to meet the admissions requirements for the school to which they are applying.

For a rising senior applying to a state university, they would have one more attempt at the ACT and SAT (ACT Sep. 10 and SAT Oct. 1, which is bold in the grid below) in order for their schools to receive scoring results by their priority application deadlines in November. Schools with rolling admissions, like a state college, may accept test scores as late as February, so it’s important to know the school’s deadline and be prepared.

In addition to college admissions, test scores are often used to determine eligibility for scholarships. Merit based scholarships, such as Florida Bright Futures, accept test scores up through high school graduation. Therefore, even though a student may have already achieved scores high enough to be accepted to the university they’ve applied to, it’s important be aware of institutional scholarships and other merit based scholarships as students may choose to retest to achieve a higher score.

Test	Test Date	Registration Deadline	Late Registration Deadline (fees apply)	Score Release Date
ACT	9/10/16	8/5/16	8/19/16	9/19/16
SAT	10/1/16	9/1/16	9/13/16	10/20/16
ACT	10/22/16	9/16/16	9/30/16	11/8/16
SAT	11/5/16	10/7/16	10/25/16	11/24/16
SAT	12/3/16	11/3/16	11/22/16	12/22/16
ACT	12/10/16	11/4/16	11/18/16	12/21/16