Can I take the ACT and SAT in community college?

Test Preparation
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<p>I am a first year student at a community college. I really hate it here, as people are annoying, unmotivated, and basically sucks all around. I'm planning on transferring for my sophomore year, but I need to get excellent grades this year. I didn't do too well in high school. It isn't that I'm not intelligent; poor grades were my form of rebellion that came back to bite me. </p>

<p>I haven't taken the SAT, but I did take the ACT my junior year of high school. It was the non-essay writing version of the test. I got a 25, but I received 30s on the English and the Reading tests. My score would have been higher, but my Math score was 17 and my Science score was 20. I know that I can do much better this time, because I have been studying and I am far more committed to improving myself. </p>

<p>I would also very much like to take the SAT, because I want to improve my chances of getting accepted into the great writing schools that I have long been considering.</p>

<p>So that's the story.</p>

<p>Can I take the ACT and the SAT while I am in community college?</p>

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<p>You can certainly take the SAT but it won’t help you that much and is not even mandatory for most colleges that take transfer students.</p>

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<p>Anyone at any age can take the SAT and ACT since the testing agencies will take anyone’s money. As to actually needing it and whether a post high school test will count varies among the colleges and thus you need to check each college you might be interested in. For many, if you are attempting to transfer into sophomore year, you will need a test score (and if ACT likely one with writing) and one taken in first year of community college will count.</p>