<p>I was just wondering, when colleges look at standarized tests, do they prefer the sat or the act?</p>
<p>You can take either exam. There is no preference.</p>
<p>Colleges are fully prepared to interpret results from either. They’d be fools to weigh one more than another wouldn’t they? They’d limit themselves immediately – versus doing their job of admitting great freshman classes – not great freshmen classes who really do well on the SAT. Think about it.</p>
<p>yup you can take either, but in my opinion Sat is more common than the ACT.</p>
<p>There are historical reasons why people are more likely to take only the SAT if they live on the East Coast, or only the ACT if they live in the Mid-West. These exams are made by different companies, and reflect different testing philosophies, which means that some students will do significantly better on one or the other. If you are applying to a college or university that requires a standardized test for admissions, the usual suggestion is that you take practice versions of each of them and see what your results are like.</p>
<p>If you hate standardized test, or have a history of doing poorly on them, see [The</a> National Center for Fair & Open Testing | FairTest](<a href=“http://www.fairtest.org%5DThe”>http://www.fairtest.org) for a current list of colleges and universities that don’t require an admissions exam.</p>