<p>If you only take the ACT do admission officers think less of your application than if you took the SAT route?</p>
<p>No no no no no no.</p>
<p>This is 2013. They are seen equally.</p>
<p>HF: it’s a myth.</p>
<p>Admissions officers look for a wealth of indicators to assist them in deciding. Do you think it’s that difficult to set up a conversion chart for a set of standardized tests? They have more difficult time wading through HS grading styles than the ACT/SAT – that’s simple.</p>
<p>This is a hold over from a long time ago when certain areas of the country favored ACT or SAT over the other and foolish extrapolations were made. </p>
<p>For instance: “Hmmmm… 80% of the entering class at Princeton took the SAT! Aha! Princeton hates ACT test takers!” (not thinking that 80% of applicants came from regions where the SAT dominated)</p>
<p>There is only one school I know of which specifically states a preference for testing. That is a school in CA and it is FOR the ACT. Last year the number of ACT takers passed the number of SAT for the first time. Do you think schools want to rule out the Majority of students?</p>
<p>In 1980, yeah sometimes. Not now, not for at least 20 years.</p>
<p>And the current stats show that the number of ACT test takers were greater than the number of SAT test takers. So fear not.</p>
<p>Sikorsky, well maybe 6 years.<br>
"this year, officials at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., said they would accept applicants’ ACT scores beginning this fall. It was the lone holdout of an earlier era, when geography dictated who took which test. "
[All</a> four-year U.S. colleges now accept ACT test - USATODAY.com](<a href=“http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-03-18-life-cover-acts_N.htm]All”>All four-year U.S. colleges now accept ACT test - USATODAY.com)</p>
<p>Fair enough. Six years.</p>
<p>Of course, six years ago the OP was in middle school, so it’s a lifetime college-application-wise.</p>
<p>To add on to this question, do you guys think submitting two high test scores is any sort of bonus or if one takes both tests and does somewhat better on the ACT, only the ACT should be sent?</p>
<p>I think most schools take either one now but I was told to take both because some schools do seem to relate to one or the other more easily. I took my ACT last month.</p>
<p>The purpose of standardized testing is to compare you to other students because different schools have different grading systems. As long as they have something to judge your ability by, it doesn’t matter what it is, be it SAT or ACT</p>
<p>Condor, see post #3. </p>
<p>Becca, most schools will just use the higher. I really doubt an equally high score on the other test helps. FWIW, both my DDs got >2200 SATs and 34 ACTs and were waitlisted at their #1 schools.</p>
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<p>Because the ACT is used in many states as a standardized test.</p>
<p>Not because it is a more popular college exam.</p>
<p>Though all that matters for an individual applicant’s purposes is that the ACT be sufficiently popular to be accepted equally by colleges. Which it is.</p>
<p>Here is an interesting link that talks about how the ACT has outgrown the SAT.</p>
<p>[How</a> ACT overtook SAT as the top college entrance exam - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/how-act-overtook-sat-as-the-top-college-entrance-exam/2012/09/24/d56df11c-0674-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_blog.html]How”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/how-act-overtook-sat-as-the-top-college-entrance-exam/2012/09/24/d56df11c-0674-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_blog.html)</p>
<p>@honestlyfreaked do you feel OK about the ACT now?</p>
<p>YES! Thank you :)</p>
<p>They don’t care, it is a myth that needs to be quelled.</p>
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<p>“Outgrown” because of post # 13 above or reason # 2 in the article.</p>