SAT/ACT/TSIA
SAT/ACT Testing Links
- The SAT (CollegeBoard) and the ACT are college entrance exams.
- Difference between ACT & SAT
- Students should begin taking these tests their junior year.
- Colleges use the information from these tests to determine admission and to help determine merit-based scholarships.
- The higher the scores, the more scholarship money a college will potentially award.
- If a student is qulifies for Free or Reduced Lunch, RHS has fee waivers for the test.
- A student may receive one waiver per year per test
- Students will need a picture ID and their test ticket on test day
Click on the test below for a direct link:
TSIA Testing
- TSI is the Texas Success Initiative, a policy adopted by the state for all public colleges and universities to ensure that students have the skills in Reading, Writing, and Math to be successful with college-level work. Some colleges, such as SPC, use the TSIA in place of the SAT/ACT for admission requirements
- More info about the TSIA: here
- Roosevelt High School incurs the cost and administers the TSI to most 11th-grade students in the Spring. If a student does not score achieve a college-ready score on any section, the student may retest at a cost of $10.00 per section at RISD. Schedule retakes with the high school counselor.
- There are other TSI testing centers including SPC and Texas Tech. They generally offer the tests more often than we do, but the cost is higher.