ACT Facts & Hacks
Starting in late spring 2025 for digital testing—and for paper testing by fall 2025—this section of the ACT will become optional.
What is Science?
This online application platform allows students to apply to multiple colleges and universities using only one application.
What is the Common App?
What is FAFSA?
This March Madness team overcame a 12-point deficit to defeat their opponent 65–63 in the 2025 national championship game, securing its third NCAA title.
What is the University of Florida?
This word means capable of making a lot of money; profitable
What is lucrative?
This acronym stands for the seven coordinating conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.
What is FANBOYS?
Most college applications open on this date.
What is August 1?
This man masterminded the “back door” for admissions to selective colleges featured in Operation Varsity Blues documentary.
Who is Rick Singer?
The University of Missouri, also known as Mizzou, is located in this Missouri city.
What is Columbia?
This word means capable of being molded or changed.
What is malleable?
These are the two types of clauses primarily tested on the ACT English section—one can stand alone as a sentence, and the other cannot.
What are independent and dependent clauses?
Colleges request this part of your application to evaluate your writing skills and to learn more about you beyond your grades and test scores.
What is the college essay?
In his book Just Do Something, this author encourages readers to stop overanalyzing God's will and instead seek first the kingdom of God and then trust that He will take care of our needs.
Who is Kevin DeYoung?
With capacity of 107,601, this university has the largest college football stadium in the country.
What is The University of Michigan?
This word means being awesome or impressive.
What is Grandeur?
This is an example of a good guessing strategy.
What is letter of the day?
A binding college application that commits students to attending a school if they are accepted.
What is early decision (ED)?
This is the nickname of Ethan Sawyer, the guy in the videos who walked us through College Essay Writing and has tons of online resources to help you write your college essays.
Who is the College Essay Guy?
To be considered for admission to the United States Naval Academy, you must complete this course.
What is physics?
This word means competent or skilled at a thing
What is proficient?
Fill in the blank: The ACT punishes ____________! They predict mistakes and will have those as possible answer choices.
What is carelessness?
Institutions review applications as they are submitted and render admission decisions throughout the admission cycle.
What is rolling admissions?
You should send this promptly to your interviewer after an interview.
What is a thank you note?
This college has the nation's most successful collegiate mock trial program.
What is Rhodes College?
This means lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy.
What is Diffident?