0815 - ACT Summer Institute

The ACT Summer Institute offers comprehensive preparation for the ACT. Our Live-Online Summer Institutes are intensive test-preparation programs that provide the tools you need to prepare for and succeed on the ACT. Each course includes 16 hours of online instruction.

develop essential test-taking tools during the summer, when many students have more time available for practice. Courses include in-depth review of the test content, strategies for improving their scores, and a comprehensive study plan. You will receive the official preparation guide including practice tests from ACT, a course workbook, and access to our online resources—class recordings, pre- recorded class modules, an instructor-monitored question forum, and online office hours. In addition, four one-hour online review sessions are scheduled in the weeks leading up to the most popular fall test date.

Course Outline

The Live-Online ACT Summer Institute Covers:

Math Topics

• Practice solution techniques for problems containing variables.
• Learn efficient approaches to complicated multi-step problems.
• Discover tactics for translating difficult word problems into equations.

English Topics

• Identify correct idiomatic speech in sentence correction problems.
• Understand the basic concepts of rhetorical construction.
• Learn which grammar errors are most frequently tested.

Reading Topics

• Understand which part of the passage to read for reading comprehension questions.
• Recognize the difference between global and local test items.
• Identify passages written from the journalistic and engaged perspectives.

Science Reasoning Topics

• Identify parameters for test items involving graphs and charts.
• Interpolate or extrapolate answers from data given in tables.
• Recognize the point of an experiment in research summary items.

General Test Taking Topics

• Use the process of elimination.
• Master time management skills.
• Minimize test anxiety.
• Identify common distractors.