<p>Does anyone have any interesting stories of people who did really well on their SATs but way worse on their ACTs, or vice-versa?</p>
<p>Just for funzies.</p>
<p>sure, I know quite a few kids who did well on one test, but not the other. But, what makes that an "interesting story"?</p>
<p>I know someone who did the equivalent of a 30-31 on the SAT, but got a 26 when they actually took it.</p>
<p>My friend had a perfect ACT but a low SAT (he didnt tell me his SAT score just said it was low). My SAT was slightly higher.</p>
<p>2010 and a 34, although the SAT was in December and the ACT in April (my December ACT was 30)</p>
<p>SAT: 1790 (26) and ACT 29 (even though I did worse than normal... darn reading)</p>
<p>kfowler, how did you raise your act to 34? I have a 2070 sat, but only 31 act. I'm taking the act in dec and aiming for 33+</p>
<p>Reading: I went from 26 to 34. I think the main thing here was not reading the passages as thoroughly the second time. During my first test, I didn't have time to read the final passage so I just had to guess with a little common sense (it was the science one). My strategy is just to skim the passage in about two minutes and then go back and look for the answers once you hit the questions.</p>
<p>Math: 30 to 34. My precalc class covered a bunch of stuff that was helpful for the test literally the week after I took it in December. We learned matrices and all the trig stuff that made the ACT math a piece of cake.</p>
<p>Science: 27 to 33. I actually finished it the second time. During the first test I only got through like 4 or 5 of the 7 passages. Just work on your pace.</p>
<p>English: 35 both times. I always miss one or two of those "why should the sentence be included" type things.</p>
<p>The main thing I improved on was pacing myself on the Reading and Science. We had started to do practice Reading passages in APUSH in like January. If I had to make any recommendations, I would say spend as much time as you can on pacing. It's not a hard test, you just have to finish it.</p>
<p>i got 35 and 2240...they're kinda close i guess.</p>
<p>hmmm I got an 1840 (1270) and a 32...</p>