<p>Have any of you receive a very low SAT score (possibly below national average), but excelled on the ACT (30+)?</p>
<p>Oh yes.</p>
<p>I’m not saying I do, it’s just that there is always going to be people who are way better at the ACT.</p>
<p>(I’m 90% sure that cjgone is going to give you a big long reply ;))</p>
<p>That definitely held true for me, I got a 32 on the SAT with something like a 160 PSAT score.</p>
<p>1910 SAT and 32 ACT. :D</p>
<p>I’m taking the SAT again though because I never studied for the SAT really. Mostly for the ACT, which is a better test and the first of the 2 I took.</p>
<p>Don’t let the poorly made SAT distort your skill set, because, frankly, it’s a pretty crappy test imo. It doesn’t really test anything you would learn in school, but instead, it tests your test taking abilities if you get my drift.</p>
<p>^ lol, I knew it!</p>
<p>1910 is not below national average… That’s pretty high actually. I’d be content with that score… sighs. The only thing standing between me and the school I want to get into is my SAT/ACT scores T_T</p>
<p>Oh btw, Cjgone, I’ve never taken the ACT before, and I only have time to take it once before sending in applications. What do you suggest I do now? I need to score around a 26, but I did HORRIBLE on the SAT… like below average- not even kidding. I know studying is the key, but any important information would be helpful. Thanks~</p>
<p>MrXow, some advice would greatly be appreciated also 
Please? Heh.</p>
<p>He didn’t say it was. You see, here on CC we are all school freaks who demand perfection. ;)</p>
<p>Talk about being College freaks, haha. What irks me the most are the threads asking “I made a 34-35 on the ACT, should I take it again??” -__- I can’t believe everything I put into these 4 years of sweat, blood, and tears all goes up to ONE FREAKING TEST.</p>
<p>1850 SAT, 32 ACT. </p>
<p>Yes, that’s a big gap.</p>
<p>1850 isn’t low, especially for my school (tch, the next highest score to mine that I know of in my class is a 1750, most are in the 1600’s or below), but the 32 ACT is WAY more than that.</p>
<p>I just found the ACT format and questions in general a lot simpler than the SAT. -shrug-</p>
<p>I have a little bit of hope reading this. Since I flunked the SAT, I’m guessing I should just ignore it and try my best with the ACT. By the way, with those SAT scores, did you guys study at all? In my case, I didn’t study, I didn’t read the passages before answering the questions, and my nerves definitely got to me.</p>
<p>Uh, if you are a fairly good student or you pay attention here and there, the ACT should feel more natural to take because it doesn’t try to trick you like the SAT. I don’t know about the SAT honestly, it’s hard to say, but you are guarenteed to do better on the ACT if you don’t like the vocabulary part of the CR and the required essay.</p>
<p>Get one of those ACT books and familiarize yourself with the test’s format. At first the time limit will seem fairly brutal, but over a period of time (uh, you possibly have enough time because the test is in October), you will hopefully get accustomed to it. I would recommend if you had more time to take the ACT atleast twice just because of the timing-- it’s really difficult the first time around and you need to be seriously ready. The biggest difference I hear between the SAT and ACT is the time limit! Now after you get an idea on what the test is like, you want to get some tips on doing better.</p>
<p>I have faith in you because I started the ACT with a 24 on the first take. Look now O<em>o.
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<p>It’s like a 200-230 point difference, so a 30 could be plausable with a 1700 something. A 26 could be plausible with a 1400-1500 on the SAT. But stop worrying about your SAT. It’s not really indicative of your capability unless you really don’t know what a pronoun is\ how to multiply numbers. It’s more of the test style that’s a pain for some people who think differently (checklist mentality, where you can just think of everything that you need to do for a question, etc).</p>
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<p>Eh, I just think the SAT doesn’t really reflect how you would go about doing something\ thinking about it. The SAT always makes you think like the people who made it think. The answer is always very obvious on the ACT if you know how to do the problem. There isn’t that stupid trickery crap that has to be overcome by learning test taking tricks.</p>
<p>Yea, I definitely HATED the vocabulary part on the SAT’s, but I did fairly decent with my crappy essay. I was so happy to know that the ACT doesn’t consist of vocabulary, but more with grammar and such- something that I’m a little better at.</p>
<p>Tsk tsk, I just went to Books a Million to buy the 1296 for like 21 dollars including tax! I have 14 days to get the full refund, so I’m gonna study for 13 days and go return it the next day Yay! Went over a couple problems, however, and it was harder than I expected. Spark Notes practice exams doesn’t correlate with the real test very well, I guess. </p>
<p>I just hate myself so much for waiting till the last minute to take the ACT. I should of took it once before summer vacation began to see where I was standing at. Ugh. </p>
<p>Cj… (forgot the rest of your name)- Did you study the first time for the ACT? I’m so freaking lazy… I’ve been worrying about the SAT’s/ACT’s all summer but I never got to the studying part. Now it’s really catching up to me :[</p>
<p>And I took Trig this year and did pretty good in the class, but I completely forgot EVERYTHING about it! So when it came to Trig problems on the ACT, I’m stuck with nothing!</p>
<p>Err, it’s hard to say about studying for the ACT. I found that school helped me a lot for improving my score. Like the book will help, but you definitely have to go else where sometimes to get more information. Read the info about each section to get a firm idea on what the test is testing. Then find your strengths and weaknesses and try to learn back what you forgot or did not know. You won’t have to learn tricks or how to understand what the test is asking for because the questions are very straight to the point, but time limit is another thing.</p>
<p>Oh have fun on the science part, that section is pretty much the killer on the ACT. I have not done that great on this section yet. It pretty much balances out the reading section which is considered easier than the SAT’s CR. Soon as you got to the conflicting views 6 questions on the Science, my god, it’s impossible.</p>
<p>Yea, I heard the Science part was killer because of the time limit. I went on Youtube and some guy took us through a whole Science section on how to manage our time well and find the right answers quickly. It seemed to be quite helpful. </p>
<p>Goodness, I only need a 26 and I’ll be more than happy. :[ 20 bucks and you take the exam for me, deal? Haha.</p>
<p>Haha, I think you’ll be fine if you put in enough effort and have confidence.</p>
<p>It happens that is for sure. However, it seems ACT and SAt differentials are usually very slight. The difference can range from what would be a 50 SAT points to a couple hundred.</p>
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<p>The SAT is better than ACT because it measures intelligence. The ACT measures skills- and it’s more important to measure intelligence.</p>
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<p>Judging by your post, your a perfect example of one of those smart kids who is ignorant. Look at how naive your post is, do you even see it?</p>
<p>How the hell is intelligience more important to measure than a learned skill? Oh, I know, because YOU got lucky so you think that everyone else owes you just like people on welfare. Am I right? You got lucky because Jesus came down and made you smarter then the rest of the population. So what, you may as well have won the lottery, it’s not important. No one cares, seriously, get a grip on life, and stop being so insecure.</p>
<p>You can’t handle someone who works harder then you who is kicking your ass so you have to put everyone who isn’t as fortunate down. Wow. No, the ACT is a legitimate test. Academic knowledge and hardwork-- that’s where it’s at. If colleges wanted an intelligience test, they’d require an IQ test. My god.</p>
<p>“So what, you may as well have won the lottery, it’s not important.”</p>
<p>Erm, no. It means that one is smarter, and more liable to achieve greatness. </p>
<p>“It’s like licking your elbow.” (paraphrase)</p>
<p>Again, because Einstein had superior intelligence, he did the amazing things he did. The same goes with Newton, Galilee, etc. Now, you have to think about the fact that all three of these guys could probably ace the SAT easily.</p>
<p>The SAT is relatively diagnostic of intelligence. It is not perfect, but it makes colleges aware of how liable you are to do great things. Hell, anyone can be hardworking, but colleges want people who are smart AND hardworking. They want people who CAN catch those trick questions on the SAT.</p>
<p>Anyone can learn things, but it takes an intelligent person to bring a college glory later in life.</p>
<p>Intellegient and hardworking is the key, not just intelligience. We might as well link over to the list of known MENSA participants on wikipedia and realize how trivial intelligience is.</p>
<p>[List</a> of Mensans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mensans]List”>List of Mensans - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Hm, a boxer, a blogger, an inventer of vodka, a cartoonist, an actor, a TV person, a rapper, a fitness coach, a stripper, * a playboy model*? Really, that’s real good use for people in the 98th+ percentile of intelligience… </p>
<p>Intelligience means nothing if you don’t use it, so testing for it is meaningless. These people could probably ace the SAT if it really has a strong correlation to IQ which I doubt. But they’re absolutely worthless. I’d take the average hardworking student over any of these 98+% IQers.</p>
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Einstein spent his whole life on making theories. That’s called effort, not intelligience, sorrry.</p>
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No it doesn’t. You’re mistaken. Most of the highest achievers are the hardworkers. They are also intelligient too. The combination is better the sum of its parts.</p>
<p>If you want to base society on luck, why not just join the mainstream media, you’ll find a lot of similar people there. People that have a beautiful appearance are worshipped by insecure individuals. What someone looks like is based on luck, you’re born with your looks. Same with intelligience. Ironically enough, smart people are more like the mainstream media then I first presumed.</p>