<p>I struggle with CR..I thought I did quite well but my score is still pretty low.
I heard the ACT's reading section is much easier, less vocab, and more straightforward math (I'm in CalcAB so I can do hard math it's just how tricky the SAT math is that messes me up)</p>
<p>SHOULD I try the ACT?
Even though I've never taken it and I have no idea how well I'll do on the science section.
But I don't want to risk getting a low score..?</p>
<p>Or try the SAT again to bring up my CR/M scores so my superscore is better?</p>
<p>Or just forget about SATs because it's a pretty decent score?
I'm just a junior though so i DO have time to prepare.</p>
<p>Definitely take both...especially since the SAT I will have the score report choice. If you do poorly on the ACT, which I doubt you will, nobody has to know. Same with the SAT.</p>
<p>2230 is good enuff for any college in the country. But, no harm in trying the ACT. Instead of wasting $40, pickup the red book. The Real ACT and take a practice test (or two) at home.</p>
<p>when you register do not list any colleges to receive a score report. You don't even have to list your HS code (just in case they add test scores to transripts).</p>
<p>Oh thanks! I didn't know what the ACT procedures were like for reporting scores.</p>
<p>If I do good, can I go back and add my HS code and still send it to colleges?</p>
<p>And do people usually do better on the ACT? Or does it just depend on the person? It seems like everyone in my school thinks the ACT is easier. If that's true, then why do people still take the SAT??</p>
<p>Also, most people apply to schools like HYPS with a SAT score. Very few apply with anACT score. Why is that? Am I better off applying with a SAT score because that's what everyone else does?</p>
<p>Yes, you can send to colleges and high school after the fact.</p>
<p>Depends on the person.</p>
<p>HYPS really does not care. It is in their best interest to accept kids with the highest test scores possible. Yales will take the ACT+W in lieu of SAT+Subject tests.</p>
<p>Are you a senior? Because then I would just try the SAT one more time after taking many practice tests and some prep book studying. If that doesn't work, then maybe you should set your bar a little lower.</p>
<p>If you are a junior or below, try the ACT once and see how you like it. If you do much better on it than the SAT (your 2050 compares to a 31 on the ACT), then stick with it and study for that one to get the higest composite you can. If not, then you have time to try to get up those SAT scores.</p>
<p>But it really is up to you. Even if you are a senior, you may know that you will just not be able to improve your SAT score by much and then it wouldn't hurt to try the ACT once just to see what happens. You know what you are capable of.</p>
<p>If you have always taken the SAT (once in 7th grade, once sophomore year and once junior year..and PSAT soph and junior year)...is it worth it preparing for the ACT?</p>
<p>I've always prepared for the SAT..I guess I just feel that I've come so far and I don't want to just give up on the SAT..</p>
<p>nh ---- I have the same scores... except a 750 on math for the SAT, yet I got a 34 (and higher in Oct) on the ACT ... which is much higher on the equivalency tables.</p>
<p>imo, ACT is much much much easier than the SAT. I took a couple of practice SAT, got ~2300, then settled for ACT in the end and got a 36 on the real one. So ACT is def the way for me to go. English is like an oversimplified SAT writing, Math is rly straightforward. If u did well on SATII math2, then ACT math is cake. Reading was all right, still easier than SAT reading. Science is just reading with numbers. Good luck</p>
<p>Yeah I agree that ACT is easier (well for me anyway). My converted ACT score is over 250 points higher than my PSAT score. I just decided not to take the SATs because I'm just better at the ACT I guess.</p>