<p>Which test will get you farther, ACT or SAT? and are there any benefits for taking and doing well on both?</p>
<p>Both are readily accepted by colleges, neither is preferred over the other, and the one that will get you further is the one you score better on. If you submit both to colleges, the college will choose that one which it thinks is better for you in determining admission.</p>
<p>As to differing benefits, the SAT has one. If you take the PSAT and qualify for the National Merit Award, you must take the SAT to become a finalist and qualify for the National Merit Scholarships provided by many colleges (although it is often not much). The ACT does not have that type of program.</p>
<p>This is very helpful thankyou</p>
<p>Although if you are scoring equally well on both and are trying to figure which one to prepare for (I would only recommend preparing for one), I would choose the SAT for 2 reasons:</p>
<p>1.) There is much more available resources for the SAT as it just seems to be more popular. There is a website with all 26 released collegeboard SAT’s.</p>
<p>2.) A couple of colleges favor SAT over ACT</p>
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What would that be?</p>
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<p>That is all 11 SAT QAS, 11 PSAT</p>
<p>Plus you can do the bluebook which has 7 additional SAT, not included above.
Plus you can do online course which has 7 additional SAT, not included above. (there is another website for these if you don’t want to pay the $50 to sign up)</p>
<p>That is 11+7+7 = 25 SAT and 11 PSAT</p>
<p>Pretty much infinite practice material</p>
<p>Nice! Thanks!
And what about the other website you mentioned?
And is there anything like that for the ACT?</p>
<p>My son just took the ACT today so do not have his score but wanted to mention he much preferred the ACT because the test seemed better designed, easier to take, and seemed to understand its audience better. His best example was in the Writing section. Instead of having a few dozen separate sentences to determine proper English or meaning as in the SAT, the ACT provided a full essay on a topic and asked about certain sentences within the essay so instead of a bunch of nonsequetor sentences, they were all within the context of a continued thought. </p>
<p>He also liked that once you finished a section, then that was it … one Science, one math etc.</p>
<p>The ACT essay question was also within the context of his current life. Instead of large question such as … Is war moral?, the ACT might ask, when you are having a conflict with your teacher …</p>
<p>He scored 1460 for English and Math on the SAT, first sitting.</p>
<p>some schools do specifically prefer one or the other, you may want to research your specific schools of interest. I am new to the forum so I am not sure about the linking rules but there are some great comparative pages that can’t really be summarised into a post.</p>
<p>It is a fallacy that there are a number of schools that prefer one over the other. That has not been true for years. The only ones I am aware of with a stated preference today are the Cal Poly’s. Five years ago, the Cal Poly’s, which are in a state where everyone takes the SAT, decided to state a preference for the ACT.</p>
<p>Most schools will accept either the SAT or ACT (or both). Personally, I thought the ACT was easier (more straightforward questions, no constant switching from reading/writing/math sections), but you have to be a little faster.</p>
<p>Isn’t the SAT preferred by top colleges because it is a comportment of the USNWR, therefore colleges would like to accept kids with high SAT scores to boost their ranking.</p>
<p>The US News rankings use both tests and list a school’s test ranges according to that test submitted by the majority of those who applied to the particular school. It makes no difference for the rankings whether that is the ACT or SAT. </p>
<p>The majority of applicants to colleges in the east and on the west coast are those who took the SAT because those schools get the majority of applicants from the east and on the west coast where most high school students take the SAT. The majority of applicants to most colleges in the middle of the country are those who took the ACT because those schools get the majority of applicants from states in the middle of the country where most high school students take the ACT. Applicants sometimes incorrectly assume this geographic anomaly represents a preference.</p>