<p>what do you feel about the ACT, is it harder than the SAT?</p>
<p>My son took both - March SAT and ACT last weekend. He thought the ACT was easier. He said the science was harder then the math. Amazingly, he's wants to take both again! I was going to wait until getting his scores for the ACT to verify that with him but am concerned because there's only one testing place that's reasonably nearby.</p>
<p>ACT is definately easier.</p>
<p>ill take a practice ACT and tell you how it goes</p>
<p>ACT may seen easier because it is curric driven - meaning that it is testing what the student is actually learning now. It can be taken any year and one will find that it applies to the year in school of the student. It is a much more cohesive test for many students.</p>
<p>Many students, not all find it easier. It opened many doors for my son, it is more academically based. Because you can take it many times without reporting all of them it is a no brainer to take it at least once, if not multiple times</p>
<p>My daughter agreed with KathieP's son - the science was the hardest part, the math was easier than expected. Math is a weakness for my daughter; also, she has not taken any math this year due to a scheduling issue (will make it up over the summer), and despite much reminding from me, she did not prep or review for the test. So if SHE says the math is easy, it must be easy. (Even so, she said she did not have enough time to finish the section... but at least with the ACT there is no counting off for wrong answers, and she had the presence of mind to randomly mark off the remaining questions in the section)</p>
<p>any other comments/tips?</p>
<p>Math WAS easy. I also am not the strongest math student, yet I found it ridiculously easy- much much much easier than the psat math. I found science to be by far the hardest, and I barely finnished in time.</p>
<p>FWIW I took it about 10 years ago (I might have to take it next year--we'll see), and I really liked it better than the SAT. The ACT really is based more on what the student is learning so it needs less prep work for the test specifically, whereas the SAT really does need a lot of prep work (at least in my experience). I'm also one of those people who can't just leave an answer blank so I really liked the fact that the ACT doesn't take off more for a wrong answer than a blank one (whoever thought that up for the SAT?!).</p>
<p>I would highly recommend that anyone who can take the ACT at least once.</p>
<p>I also hate omitting. I always feel likeeven if I have no clue I still have a 20-25% chance. It's so hard for me to leave a blank space! I also like how they don't try to deliberately trick you with the math. I am actually someone who likes the limited time.</p>
<p>so they dont take off if you got it wrong?</p>
<p>ACT science is reading and interpreting graphs and tables. You don't have to know much, if any, science, but you do have to read well.</p>
<p>ACT used to focus more on grammar than SAT but that may no longer be true. Both of my kids scored slightly higher on the SAT's percentile wise than the ACT.</p>
<p>so they dont take off if you got it wrong?</p>
<p>no, no missed points for missing questions</p>
<p>My S only took the ACT, no SAT, no SAT II's, etc. He scored well and was admitted into his two top (very selective) choices. It does not appear that the ACT is a disadvantage. Further, there are ACT to SAT conversion tables, for example a 33 on the ACT is in the 1470 to 1500 range of the SAT (older version). The scores on each are highly predictive of one another, which is why schools typically either.</p>
<p>edit, typically "take" either.</p>
<p>I too hear the ACT is a lot easier than the SAT. Although, what everyone tells me is kinda a draw back on the ACT is that you get very little time to complete things.</p>
<p>whats a good way to study it?</p>