{"id":1094,"date":"2017-12-14T11:02:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T11:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/states-requiring-the-act\/"},"modified":"2019-02-06T16:45:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T23:45:09","slug":"states-requiring-the-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/states-requiring-the-act\/","title":{"rendered":"States Requiring the ACT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each state has differing requirements for the ACT<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, and this article lists all those states requiring the ACT for high schoolers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>States Requiring the ACT (as of 2017):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alabama<\/li>\n<li>Hawaii<\/li>\n<li>Kentucky<\/li>\n<li>Louisiana<\/li>\n<li>Mississippi<\/li>\n<li>Missouri<\/li>\n<li>Montana<\/li>\n<li>Nevada<\/li>\n<li>North Carolina<\/li>\n<li>South Carolina<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee<\/li>\n<li>Utah<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin<\/li>\n<li>Wyoming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is a high likelihood that in the near future, more states <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/ask-the-experts-act\/\">will begin to adopt the ACT<\/a> as a statewide college admission test. It levels the playing field and exposes more high school students to the opportunity of a college education. It provides colleges with similar information on all students for admission decisions.<\/p>\n<p><!-- ACT CTA --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each state has differing requirements for the ACT\u00ae, and this article lists all those states requiring the ACT for high schoolers. 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