<p>It’s not unusual for students to earn different scores on the ACT and SAT -and that is if the scales are in fact comparable. </p>
<p>In addition to the tests presenting slightly different patterns, some students encounter difficulties with … intelligent guessing at the end of a section as well as careless mistakes in the very first questions. It does not take many penalties and small mistakes to see a score inching from close to 800 to around 700. </p>
<p>The most common reaction of a student checking his (or her) answers is … “How could I have missed that!”</p>