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The Act

Even after a healthy eight hours of sleep, plenty of preparation, and a well balanced breakfast, it is not uncommon to find your palms sweaty in nervous ambition minutes before you take the test. You come in confident until you reach the room where the test is being held, and suddenly you've never felt this nervous for an exam before. Why is this test making you more nervous than any other previous exam? Is this test really more important than your past exams? The answer is yes, of course. The ACT is very intimidating; however, it may very well help to ensure one's success in advancing his or her education. According to ACT.org, "the more education you get the better chances you have for a great paying job" (1). Compared to getting a perfect score on a history test one took in the tenth grade, getting a perfect or near perfect on the ACT will help him or her gain recognition from colleges and universities and help tremendously with financial aid. It is also a requirement to attend all major universities. These factors play a huge role in adding stress to students taking it because it makes them realize that it is time to get serious about college and their future.

The ACT or American College Test was carefully designed by psychologists in the mid 1980's and is prepared according to several national councils. Because this test was so carefully designed throughout years of research, it is the leading test in college admission to see what one is ready for in the academic sense. Ecampustours.com, a popular and reliable website about college planning states that this test "…allows colleges to see where you stand academically in relation to other students" (1). It is accepted by virtually all colleges and universities and can help and assure students to decide the college that he or she should attend. In terms of education, the ACT should be required to go to college because it improves the accountability of students and schools, it is unbiased and fair, and it better...