Students will not be admitted to a four-year college without taking one of these tests. Two-year colleges do not require these tests for admissions. Most colleges accept both the SAT I and the ACT for admissions and do not express a preference for one or the other. Typically students take one or both of these tests at the end of their junior year or the beginning of their senior year, so they will have test scores available when applying to colleges.
Test scores take four to six weeks to be reported to colleges and to students.
Both the SAT and the ACT offer testing modifications for students with documented disabilities. The Counseling Center has information on testing for students with disabilities. Each section is scored on a 200 to 800 point scale. An SAT score often is considered as a combined verbal and math score. The test is offered six different Saturdays throughout the school year.