March 3rd, 2015 is the day the juniors of Loy Norrix and all across the state take the ACT. The “American College Test” is a standardized achievement test that assesses students’ knowledge of English, Mathematics, Reading and Science, along with an additional Writing portion.
Juniors prepare for the ACT in different ways, including stressing, studying and sleeping.
“I have been studying for the past three weeks, and I plan on sleeping a bunch tonight.”
“I’ve looked over ACT prep books, and I’m just going to go to sleep early tonight, and eat a good breakfast in the morning.”
“I already took the ACT once so that really helped. Ive also been studying a little bit out of the ACT book. [To be ready tomorrow morning,] I’m going to go to bed early.”
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Juniors Prepare for the ACT
March 2, 2015
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