Ivy Leagues

Test Preparation
1

<p>Does it affect your chances of getting into the Ivy Leagues if you only do either ACT or SAT but not both?</p>

2

<p>Nope</p>

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3

<p>If you get a good score, it does not matter which test it is. However, if you do both, you have the choice to pick the better one.</p>

4

<p>Hey just wondering, I thought SAT was preferred right?</p>

5

<p>Especially on the east coast? Correct me if I’m wrong.</p>

6

<p>Not really anymore.</p>

7

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<p>Nope, not really.</p>

8

<p>Traditionally, students and schools at the east and west coast used SAT whereas in the mid-west ACT was the primary test. There is no longer a preference between the 2 tests. Particularly the format of both tests have changed numerous times to adjust for the requirement of the schools. Although there is still difference between the 2 tests, most if not all schools will consider either scores. However, each school may have different emphasis in different sections or different ways in calculating scores (e.g. superscore) that you may see more benefit in submitting one score or the other. Anyway, if you submit both, the schools to pick the best set in their criteria anyway.</p>

9

<p>everyone says that the ACT and SAT are considered equally as prestigious to college adcoms but personally I feel that if you have an equivalent score on both, go with the SAT because psychologically speaking, the adcoms know that the SAT is more established as a test and therefore, maybe not openly, consider it to be more pertinent.</p>