ACT Test Prep Course for Students with Hearing Loss

A new ACT preparation course is now available for college-bound deaf or hard-of-hearing high school students. The RIT/NTID ACT Test Prep Course will be held 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Saturdays, April 29 – June 3 (except May 27) at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

Classes are limited to 20 students and will be taught in English and sign language by certified instructors. Students will have the opportunity to take practice tests, as well as register for the June 10 ACT test, which assesses students’ general educational development in English, math, reading and science.

Students must bring the current edition of The Real ACT Prep Guide, available online for less than $20, a calculator, and their own lunch or money to purchase food.

Participants can register online at www.rit.edu/NTID/ACTest; tuition is $330. For more information, contact ACTest@ntid.rit.edu or 585-475-6723 (v/TTY).

Rochester Institute of Technology is internationally recognized as a leader in computing, engineering, imaging technology, fine and applied arts, and for providing unparalleled support services for students with hearing loss. More than 1,100 students with hearing loss from around the world study, live and socialize with 14,400 hearing students on RIT’s Rochester, N.Y., campus. U.S. News and World Report has consistently ranked RIT among the nation’s leading comprehensive universities.

Web address www.rit.edu/NTID.

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