ACT Growing Faster than SAT

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<p>ACT</a> growth is outpacing SAT's - Los Angeles Times</p>

<p>Excerpts:</p>

<p>"The ACT was once the overlooked stepsister to the SAT. It was popular in the Midwest and the South but less established on the East and West coasts. Now, however, the ACT is growing faster than its rival, not only nationally but also in SAT strongholds such as California, where 50% more students in the class of 2008 took the ACT than their 2004 counterparts. Nationwide, the ACT was taken by 1.4 million students in the 2008 class, compared with 1.5 million who took the SAT, according to the test companies."</p>

<p>"Despite its growth, the ACT still lags behind its rival in California, with 72,356 test-takers for the 2008 class compared with the SAT's 205,145. For some students, the ACT seems a bit, well, lame.</p>

<p>"The ACT, it's an out-there test for me," said Whitney High senior Milly Shah. "And 36 seems like a weird number."</p>

<p>At John Marshall High School in Silver Lake, where it seems virtually every student wants to go to UCLA, the ACT is the underdog, some students said.</p>

<p>"It's like in sports. . . . The SAT is football and the ACT is water polo," said Tina Bui, 17, of Atwater Village."</p>

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<p>“And 36 seems like a weird number.”</p>

<p>36 is my favorite #…so **** milly shah</p>

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<p>I think people take the ACT because they won’t have to memorize all those vocab words rofl!</p>

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<p>The ACT is a lot less screwy. I definitely hate it less!</p>

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<p>I have just practiced so much for the SAT that the ACT is quite alien to me :P</p>