ACT vs. SAT: Your Preference

Test Preparation
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<p>I'm new here, but I'm willing to bet this is a thread that pops up every other week or so. Still, I'm curious: which test do YOU prefer? Almost everyone I've asked seems to prefer the ACT, but I personally liked the SAT MUCH better. The ACT was just way too fast for me, and I personally like the extra critical thinking required for the SAT. Of course, my test scores bias me a little; I got a 2110 my first time on the SAT, and I'm hoping that with my math improvement I can get it around a 2200. Both times I took the ACT, I got a 29. Something about that test and I just doesn't click I guess haha. </p>

<p>But anyway, which test do/did you like better and why?</p>

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<p>I like the ACT because there’s no vocab to study…
otherwise I wouldn’t care. however, I kind of like the ACT’s writing format a little better than that of the SAT</p>

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<p>ACT is more of do you remember what you learned in school while the SAT seems to be more of can you think outside the box sort of style.</p>

<p>I seem to be do better on the ACT,</p>

<p>School given one in March-32 (no writing)
SAT in March- 1860…</p>

<p>I do way better in the ACT but I find it easier to improve the SAT for me given I practiced for that stuff.</p>

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<p>Personally I prefer sat better because I’ve been practicing for it for a very long time, but I think I might do better on act given than the vocab is not as hard as sat and my science is pretty good too.</p>