<p>I personally think that the above document is a waste of CB time because it is evident that the ACT will overtake the SAT in the next decade because: </p>
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<li><p>in 2009 the SAT was taken 1.5 Mil times and the ACT was taken 1.4 Mil times. A far cry from decades ago when a strong majority of colleges prefered SAT. It is only common sense that if this trend continues that the ACT will become the more popular test </p></li>
<li><p>The fact that many colleges every year are changing their test policy to ACT or SAT and 2 Subject Tests. UPenn and Boston University (majority of colleges) are 2 examples. This is damaging 2 fold to CB because people will stop paying for 3 test in exchange for only taking the ACT and because the SAT will become less popular as mentioned above. </p></li>
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<p>I made this thread to discuss the article and my opinion on it. Also to see what other people think. Im sorry if this has already been posted</p>
<p>I have also read that there are schools that are considering going to multiple subject tests–in lieu of the SAT1…</p>
<p>I think you are right.</p>
<p>We had our student take the SAT and then later kiddo
Took the ACT --which was much closer to real school life, gpa, rigorous curriculum etc…though kiddo said the pieces in the reading section fro example were very SAT-like.</p>
<p>Aren’t Harvard and NYU two other schools considering other testing methodologies beyond SAT?</p>
<p>The ACT is growing, but it has been presented as an “alternative” rather than a primary test to replace the SAT. Until that mindset is altered, the ACT will not surpass the SAT.</p>
<p>An0maly: the mindset is fed through the student’s parent’s belief that the SAT is prefered over the ACT like it was decades ago when they were in this process. </p>
<p>Silverturtle: i can see where your agruements are coming from but many people agree with what i have said. </p>
<p>i also encourage people to take both. im just trying to stop people from focusing on the wrong test for example my friend got a 1750 on the SAT and 29 ACT (equivalent to about 1920 SAT) his parents still belived that the SAT is prefered so they forced him to study up for the SAT. 5 months later he was at a 2010 SAT but if he had used that time to focus on the ACT he couldve easily gone up atleast 3 points to a 32 (around 2130 SAT)</p>
<p>I have a perfect ACT, yet I still hold the SAT as more legitimate. Aptitude is more crucial than basic high school level knowledge, for success in college, as well as life.</p>
<p>Besides, we all know the ACT science section is rubbish.</p>
<p>I’ve seen a few colleges use multiple SAT subject scores recently and I hope that that’s a direction more colleges go in. In my opinion, the SAT isn’t all that accurate at evaluating success in college. The more alternatives there are, the better</p>