<p>Okay, so I know in some schools in Michigan, they set aside two days for their students just to take the ACT...and 80% of students submitted their ACT scores to UMich. Would it be smart to take the ACT and send in my score? I don't really know anything about it, but I could prepare, as I'm only a junior...and take it at the end of the school year? </p>
<p>I have a pretty high SAT, about 2180, but I was wondering if it would be worth it to take the ACT for a school that seems to have a lot of applicants send in ACT scores?</p>
<p>However not all students submit the ACT, A sizable amount sends the SAT alone. Unless you have a lot of confidence in getting a notably higher ACT score in comparison to SAT, it wouldn’t have that profound of an effect to be worth it.</p>
<p>I do believe the state of Michigan requires all juniors to take the ACT (as part of MME). Many schools have the kids take a prep class and a practice ACT. Most kids from the state heading to UofM or State do not bother taking the SAT. In our case our older son had to drive over an hour to a SAT testing center. I couldn’t get number 2 to take the SAT since colleges accept one or the other. You just won’t “find” many Michigan kids bothering with the SAT unless they take it for National Merit based on their PSAT scores or take it to “see” if they will test higher than the ACT. Anecdotally my S1 achieved comparably about the same on both.</p>
<p>There’s some data floating out on National Center for Education, several years old, that says 10% of college bound students in Michigan take the SAT. Feels about correct to me and could be even lower as most all college now take either one or the other. There were still holdouts in 2006 that required SAT which was the reason S1 took it as he had one of those colleges on his list.</p>
<p>ACT is “cheaper” than SAT, too. </p>
<p>The ACT is shorter time-wise and timing is everything as it moves quickly with the ACT but some kids think it’s “easier” than the SAT because it’s pretty straightforward and you don’t have that wierdness or getting ticked for chosing the wrong answer rather than leaving it blank. If you’ve got the time to take it with at least one timed practice run, it can’t hurt then you can choose which score to send: ACT or SAT. Otherwise send your SAT, Michigan will take both.</p>
<p>It’s not more beneficial to send one and not the other, correct? I think my chances of getting into Michigan are pretty high, but I just want to be the most sure I can be. I alos heard the ACT was easier, I just don’t think it’s very popular here in the South, so that’s why no one takes it over here.</p>
<p>It would be a waste of your time and money to take the ACT. You have a great SAT score. A higher score would not make much of a difference to U-M.</p>