<p>I want to go to college either in Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri or Pennsylvania. Is it best to take both the ACT and the SAT or can I just take the SAT? Is it true that more students take the ACT? My couselor told me that local scholarships would tend to look more at my ACT score. Do colleges in the states I've mentioned above favor one test over another? And if you scored high on one test but low on another, how do colleges interpret that?</p>
<p>Take both and see which one yields the higher score. You don't have to send both scores unless the school requires SAT IIs in which your SAT I scores are sent along with it.</p>
<p>All colleges I am aware of in all four of those states accept either test and have no preference. In Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri, most high school students take the ACT and thus colleges there tend to get more ACT scores submitted than SAT. In Pennsylvania, most take the SAT and thus colleges there tend to get more SAT scores than ACT. Schools that base merit money on test scores (and other factors) in those states use both tests to do so so it is generally irrelevant for that kind of merit aid whether you submit the ACT or SAT. If you submit both an ACT and SAT, colleges generally consider for admission that particular test (ACT or SAT) on which they believe you scored the higher.</p>
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<p>P.S. I like the ACt's</p>
<p>well it depends. where are you located right now? the ACT is geared more towards east coast students because it includes philosophy and geography and stuff at many other students (like me) don't really learn in school.</p>
<p>I'm located in Wisconsin. Wait, I thought the east coast schools look more at the SAT.</p>