ACT/SAT Prep Resources

Germantown High School Code: 430760

Learn more about the ACT

ACT Profile

ACT offers FREE college and career planning through ACT Profile. Set up an account, take some inventories, and start tracking your progress toward reaching your educational and career goals! This is an excellent tool to help you progress toward your long term goals, and it is a great way for your counselor to talk with you about planning.

Learn more about the SAT

PSAT at GHS

The PSAT is tentatively scheduled for any interested 10th/11th Grade students for January 26, 2021. There is a $20 fee to take this test, and registration information is forthcoming! Check back for updates!

Peer Power ACT Academy Opportunities

Attached is a promotional flyer for Peer Power’s next round of ACT Prep University.
Students can simply sign up at peerpowerfoundation.org/act-prep/

This round of ACT Prep University will be a blend between self-paced online prep through our new online learning system, with a final week of live-virtual review webinars from 12-2pm.

Below outlines the course details:

Registration Closes: 5/14/21 (by 3pm)
Self-Paced Online Prep: 5/17/21 to 6/5/21
Live-Virtual Review BootCamp: 6/7/21 to 6/11/21 (12pm-2pm)

Click here to access the FREE Preparing for the ACT Guide

Free ACT Review on Zoom

Free sessions on Zoom every Wednesday from 6-8 pm
Offered by St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis
Sessions are practice-based and not lecture-based. We believe that students learn better by working actively together.
Students may attend as many Wednesday sessions as they would like and may stay in the session for as long as they can.
During each session, student can focus on any individual or combination of the sections of the ACT.
All tutors have near-perfect or perfect ACT scores. More importantly, they are all kind and patient and very eager to help their peers.
Click below to join!
- https://www.memphiscommuniversity.org/act-zoom-sessions

ACT Prep University

ACT Prep University through Peer Power offers series of ACT prep workshops throughout the year. Click for the next round of workshops!

Tennessee Electronic Library - Free ACT Resources!

Access free ACT resources, timed tests, and more through the Tennessee Electronic Library! These resources are free to all TN residents and can be accessed from ANY device.

Click HERE to set up an account and begin!

ACT/SAT Test Prep and Study Skills Links

Set up a free account with Khan Academy!

Testing and Education Reference Center Practice Tests

Set up a free account with March2Success!

More free practice tests at Revolutionprep !

Mometrix Test Prep

Vocabulary Test Prep

Number 2 Test Prep

How to Study

Major Tests

Test Taking Tips

Free ACT Official Online Test

Log in or set up an account in MyACT: https://my.act.org/ . Click on Tests & Prep in the upper left corner, and then ACT Free Online Tests.

1. 1 full length practice test for each subject.
2. Can choose whether to take the test timed or untimed.
3. Personalized resources for each wrong answer.
4. Can retake the test.
5. Click Here For more free ACT Test Prep.

Here is a 1-minute video of the above supplied by ACT, Inc.

ACT/SAT Study Book Recommendations

There is NO wrong ACT Prep book, but these are some that have been highly recommended by ACT Prep educators! These books can be purchased at all major bookstores!

The Critical Reader ACT Reading

The Critical Reader ACT English

AMSCO ACT English, Reading, and Writing

AMSCO Math/Science

The Princeton Review Premium Prep

The Princeton Review ACT Prep 2020

Getting Started on ACT Prep through Grade Results

ACT Prep through Grade Results is FREE and AVAILABLE to EVERY high school student in Shelby County Schools! Here's how to get started:

Go to Clever.com
Go to Student Login - follow the prompts

Username: (student ID/Lunch number)
Password: (8 digit DOB with no dashes)

Scroll down to "test Prep" and click on Grade Results
Scroll down Grade Results to the courses.
Click “Start” next to the ACT Prep course.
You will begin the course with a “Course Pretest”, which will determine what skills and activities will be most beneficial to you.
The password for the pretest is: acttest

After you complete the pretest, you can begin working on the activities that are available to you. You do not have to complete the entire pretest in one sitting. You can work at your own pace and in any order that you or your teacher decides.