<p>Hi! Yet another thread from me. I apologize.</p>
<p>I live in the Midwest, so most of the colleges I'm applying to don't require the SAT, just the ACT. I just signed up to retake the ACT in October, and realized one of the colleges I'm applying to requires the SAT. I need to take it by November, but I also want to take the Literature and Mathematics subject tests since those are my strongest suits by far. I was wondering if I could take the SAT IIs in October so I would have more time for ACT studying and then take the SAT I in November. </p>
<p>Or, would it be better to study for both tests at once and take them back-to-back weekends? (I doubt it, but hey). </p>
<p>Are you applying to schools that ask for SAT subject tests? If not, there is likely minimal benefit from taking them. But it is totally fine to take the subject tests first. There is no connection between the two types of sat. </p>
<p>Yes, my daughter took the math SAT2 before taking the SAT, and I know of other kids who did the same with different SAT2 tests. No problem with that. Double check that the school really requires the SAT and won’t take the ACT. I don’t know of any schools like that.</p>
<p>Please name the college to which you are referring that requires the SAT and seemingly won['t accept the ACT. To my knowledge every four year college in the US that requires an admission test accepts either ACT or SAT and thus if you have one of those, you don’t need the other. Moreover, I am aware of only one college that even states a preference for one test over the other and that is Cal Poly San Luis Obispo which states a preference for the ACT. Also, your understanding of Midwest colleges as requiring the ACT is incorrect. They are just like the others that accept either the SAT or ACT and state no preference for either. In other words, I think you may be misreading what the colleges actually require.</p>