<p>At my school when kids get 1700s everyone says, “Oh my God great job! Harvard student, this guy!”</p>
<p>So…</p>
<p>I personally like ACT better, except for the English section, I prefer the SAT’s English section. The ACT also has a science section, which is pretty much all about interpreting graphs and data. Reading is also easy. I think the math for the SAT and ACT may be equal though, but I have noticed the ACT to sometimes include Pre-Calculus level problems.</p>
<p>^ Harvard’s range for each section is about 700 or higher, that’d mean that you need a 2100~. So…</p>
<p>At my school, (which is not a great academic school by any means) a 1700 MIGHT get you into FSU/UF/whatever else almost every Florida kid dreams of. (I’m not one of them though. I do NOT want to stay in-state.)</p>
<p>I like the ACT’s writing/English section. They basically want you to know grammar and avoid wordiness.</p>
<p>@Rachel, I agree that it tests a skill needed for college, I just don’t like reading the boring essays and doing 75 questions, that’s all.</p>
<p>If a 1700 is Harvard material, maybe I should apply to Yale. Lmao.</p>
<p>Lol. Me too, I can go anywhere now. </p>
<p>I don’t blame you on that one. I just find it easier than the SAT’s writing section</p>
<p>What is the national average for the SAT? I know the ACT’s 21.</p>
<p>the ACT’s math problems do go on to higher levels, but they’re more straightforward. they don’t try to trick you as much</p>
<p>SAT average is about 1520 I think?</p>
<p>The ACT math section seems pretty easy. I agree that it’s much more straightforward.</p>
<p>Yeah, the first 40 of the ACT Math I can pretty much go through feeling confident, and then for the last 20 I make sure I’m doing the harder algebra/pre-calc ones correctly.</p>
<p>@ShadowMist: I got an 1890 on the SAT with prep, but a 33 on the ACT without any prep. I’m sticking with the ACT, which is obviously my “better test”. I find the ACT math easy (the last 5 are trickier, but doable). It’s just the time that gets me. Usually I have to guess on the last one or two.</p>
<p>And I have a spreadsheet too, guys. I’m the only one I know of irl that has one hahaha.</p>
<p>To add to all the SAT/ACT talk, I was getting like 2050s on SAT practice tests but I got a 33 ACT. That’s not too big of a difference (33 converts to ~2190 SAT), but I definitely do better on the ACT.</p>
<p>Actually, last year a kid at my school got a 36 on his ACT (with 36s in each section too), and took the SAT and got about a 2310 (which isn’t bad, but just goes to show how different tests work for different people).</p>
<p>I wonder why some people do better on the ACT/SAT than the other.</p>
<p>I find the SAT to be trickier, less straight forward. I have to actually mark up the articles on the SAT. On the ACT, I can read it once and I’m done. It’s weird. @.@</p>
<p>SAT tests less knowledge, but is tricky about it. ACT tests more knowledge, but doesn’t try to trick you.
At least that’s what I’ve seen.</p>
<p>I think it’s the English/History people versus Math/Science people. English/History people tend to do better on the SAT, while math/science people tend to do better on the ACT.</p>
<p>^^I can see that. I like knowledge more :P</p>
<p>^I consider myself a English/History person (harder classes, better grades), but I always score better on Science/Math on tests… Maybe that’s why I’m better at the ACT? hahaha. I guess we’ll never find out.</p>
<p>that’s because history/english people are more subjective and look into things in different ways and math/science people like things more straight and clear, haha.</p>