<p>Copy pasted from my PR "cracking the ACT"</p>
<p>What do you guys think of it?</p>
<p>The ACT vs. the SAT
You may have to take the ACT anyway, but most of the schools in which you're interested also accept the SAT. We think the SAT is nowhere near as fair a test as the ACT. Whereas the ACT says it measures "achievement" (which we believe CAN be measured), the SAT says it measures "ability" (which we don't think can be measured at all; and if it can, the SAT sure isn't doing it)</p>
<p>I agree. </p>
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<p>The College Board probably is using a different meaning of the word ability than the Princeton Review does. Most people score pretty similarly on both tests, so the difference is really moot (though there are differences).</p>
<p>I think every section of the ACT is fair except for the science section… </p>
<p>It doesn’t really test anything except if you can read and understand graphs in the blink of an eye. I’m sure if we were given graphs and text in college we would have at least a little more time to actually read it.</p>
<p>I think the science is the most fair and really tests ability well</p>
<p>@hahahalolk: i score drastically different.</p>
<p>^Emphasis on most. They test similar things, so most people should score similarly on both. The only difference is time and question difficulty. Again, emphasis on most.</p>
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<p>^disagree again. I feel like the ACT problems are standard questions, whereas the SAT attempts to make everything “intelligence/ability based.” For example, knowing all the math concepts in the SAT math section will not get you to a 700+, you need to know how to analyze problems and apply mathematical concepts in various ways - which is basically tests your mathematical intelligence (IQ).</p>
<p>^So then the questions are more difficult? Anyways, I’m just saying that the for most people, there scores will be pretty similar, probably a converted plus or minus 100 between the two difference for most people. I see a lot of questions that are basically the same on both of the math sections, so I don’t think that they are that difference. Basically, if you get a 33-36 on the ACT math, you’ll most likely get a 700+ on the SAT math, and vice versa.</p>
<p>I disagree with you, hahalolk. Will elaborate when my June SAT/ACT scores come in.</p>
<p>Alright, you guys can disagree, it’s just that at least in my experience, everyone I know has very similar scores.</p>
<p>I have to side with NewAccount and RAlec, and I think most people will agree with us. I feel that there are substantial differences between scores on the two tests, and most of the time, the ACT score is better than the SAT score. Hence, the common theme that the SAT is harder than the ACT.</p>