<p>I have taken the ACT once and I got a 28. I plan on taking it again in the fall for the obvious reasons. I have been talking to a few of my friends about the ACT and there is a general idea that I should try the SAT. My friends think that many times people who are unhappy with their ACT then take the SAT and have much improved test results. Does anyone have any knowledge or experience in this area that could solve this myth so to speak?</p>
<p>I had a much better score on the ACT than the SAT.</p>
<p>The tests are have differing styles, so if you may be better at one test than the other. The ACT has easier questions, but the pacing is much harder. You have to work faster and learn how to keep on track. The SAT on the other hand has harder questions, but time should not be an issue at all.</p>
<p>A friend’s D took the SAT twice this past spring scoring vitually the same score (10 pts. diff) both times. She took the ACT in June and still made vitually the same score based on the conversion charts.
Every student is different though.</p>
<p>Depends on you. Take a practice test for the SAT and see what you think.</p>
<p>From reports I have seen, majority who take both SAT and ACT score in similar percentile ranges. However, a minority do better on the SAT or vice versa. Whether you will fall within the minority that do better on the SAT is something that cannot be answered until after you have taken the test.</p>
<p>It depends on what you find harder, the difficulty of the questions, or the timing. If the questions are hard, the SAT will only be more difficult, but if its the timing, go for the SAT.</p>
<p>id say the SAT tests you more on test taking tactics</p>
<p>I was in the opposite boat. I took the sat as a sophomore and got a 2010 which I was pretty satisfied with. I took the act soon after and got a 33. Some people are simply better at one than they are at the other. Case in point, my friend got a 1990 sat and a 28 act.</p>