<p>I am unfamiliar with the ACT's</p>
<p>Please advise what type high school student generally performs better on the ACT's than the SAT's.</p>
<p>What subject areas are tested on the ACT's?</p>
<p>Thank you for sharing your thoughts.</p>
<p>I'm not sure exactly what type of student performs better on which test. There usually is a difference, take a practice test of both and see which you score better on.</p>
<p>The ACT is composed of four sections (and an additional essay writing section if you take the Writing which is recommended by most schools): English (grammar, like SAT writing), Math (Goes into basic trig, a little more higher level stuff than the SAT), Reading (Critical reading like the SAT), and Science (More like data analysis, doesn't directly test you on science knowledge, but rather your ability to analyze a graph or chart). </p>
<p>It is scored from 1-36, with 36 being the highest. You get a 1-36 score in each section of the test, and an overall composite score from 1-36, which is the average of your subscores. </p>
<p>Pros:
-Shorter test
-Fewer sections
-Somewhat easier material</p>
<p>Cons:
-Science section
-Requires higher level knowledge in math sections</p>
<p>ACT also gives you a lot less time per section.</p>
<p>I don't know if there is anyway of predicting in advance. As admanrich said, take practice tests and see. You can go to the ACT web site and find out for yourself what the test is like, or simply go to the local public library or bookstore and look at test prep books. Your guidance counselor probably has ACT materials as well.</p>
<p>SAT seems to have trickier questions, while ACT has more time pressure. How that works out for any given individual is hard to say.</p>
<p>Now, one advantage of the ACT is that it has score choice. So I guess one type of student will do better on it -- the sort that worries and doesn't do well on high-stakes tests.</p>
<p>Yeah, a big advantage is that you do not have to report your score if you don't like it. Colleges will never see it :)</p>
<p>If i'm more math and science oriented, would I do better on the ACT? My verbal score on the SAT was horrible.</p>
<p>md4me, if you are more math and science person, i'm pretty sure you'll do better on ACT.
i'm more math and science person, and i did whole lot better on ACT than SAT since reading section was easier than SAT one :)</p>
<p>I'm a math/science person, but i did about the same on ACTs and SATs. 34 on ACT and 2280 SAT.</p>