1. + USA Test Prep What’s in it for Me?

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3. + 5 Tested Areas of the ACT English Mathematics Reading Science Writing

4. + What to Expect

5. + What are the Local College Expected Entry Scores? Local Community Colleges Crowder Labette Local Division 2 Colleges/Universities MSSU GPA 2.5 min./21 ACT Pittsburg State GPA 2.0 min./21 ACT Missouri State GPA 2.0 min./21 ACT Local Division 1 Colleges/Universities University of Arkansas GPA 3.0 min./20 ACT University of Missouri (MIZZOU) GPA 3.0 min./20 ACT Kansas State University (K State) GPA 2.0 min./21 ACT Kansas University (KU) GPA 3.0 min./20 ACT Oklahoma University (OU) GPA 3.5 min./21 ACT

6. + How USA Prep will be Scored in Class By 4 th quarter students will be graded for USA Prep according to total scores earned: 0-11D 60% 12-17 C 70% 18-20 B 80% 21-23 A 90% 24-25 A+ 100%

7. + Sliding Scale for GPA/Class Ranking/ACT scores

8. + How Do I prepare for my ACT? Joplin High School ACT Prep Classes Offered on Saturday mornings- see your counselor for more information Website Test Prep Mrs. Gardner has links to Test Prep on Portaportal USA Test Prep as practice tests on their site Last page of this power point has links for more information available to practice sites

9. + Useful Prep Sites http://www.actstudent.org/testprep/descriptions/ http://collegeapps.about.com