<p>Northeastmom, my D (a junior) has decided to take only the ACT based on her soph ACT and PSAT scores. Her results on both were very skewed, so we’re hoping that at least to some extent the math weakness will be less glaring on the ACT (PSAT CR & W 66, M 53, ACT 29 composite with 32 English, 35 Reading, 27 Science, 23 Math, both with no prep). She’ll retake the ACT plus writing, this time I hope with some prep.</p>
<p>I went along with this because she wanted to not take any more tests at all (she’s not aiming for HYPS), and because she thought the ACT was less overwhelming - this kid hates math, and said she just cannot endure the thought of those two math sections on the SAT. Plus some colleges don’t pay much attention to the new SAT writing score, so for those schools math would be 1/2 of her score with the SAT and 1/4 with the ACT.</p>
<p>We’re in SAT land, but more and more kids are taking both and using the one that works best for them.</p>