{"id":12487,"date":"2021-10-18T08:09:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T13:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentpages.potosir3.org\/?page_id=12487"},"modified":"2021-10-18T08:09:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T13:09:01","slug":"college-entrance-exams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/potosistudents.com\/index.php\/college-entrance-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0College Entrance Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Missouri colleges prefer students to submit an ACT score upon applying for admission.&nbsp;The SAT may be required by out-of-state colleges. <strong>It is&nbsp;recommended that students planning to attend a vocational, two-year,or 4-year college take the ACT or SAT during the spring of their junior year.<\/strong> Students may take tests on any of the nationally scheduled dates and may retest as often as they choose. It takes approximately 4-6 weeks for test results to&nbsp;be returned. Students should check the college or university website for current admissions requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Test\u00a0 registration forms are available in the guidance office.\u00a0\u00a0Students may register by mail or online.\u00a0 PHS CEEB code is\u00a0 262-690.\u00a0 Students participating in upward bound educational\u00a0talent search II or free and reduced lunch are eligible for a fee\u00a0waiver.\u00a0 Students can request a fee waiver from their counselor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;Students preparing for an admissions test should:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022Select high school courses that&nbsp; include the recommended core curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022Study the current and descriptive&nbsp; preparation materials, including the practice test, published by ACT or SAT available free of charge in the registration packet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022Explore the test preparation materials available in the school, public libraries and in bookstores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022Consider taking &nbsp;ACT Prep; a one semester class designed to prepare students for the&nbsp;ACT.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missouri colleges prefer students to submit an ACT score upon  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12487","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/potosistudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/potosistudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/potosistudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potosistudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potosistudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/potosistudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/potosistudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}