<p>Is it better to concentrate on solely studying the SAT or should I try to study for the ACT as well? I have never taken the ACT but on the SAT I have a 1740 after taking it twice. I also have practice books for both tests.</p>
<p>If you have already taken the SAT twice, you might try the ACT instead next time rather than sitting for the SAT a third time. Our children both did that and managed much better ACT scores than their two sittings on the SAT would have predicted. Many people do better on one test than on the other.</p>
<p>Hello.
Your SAT and ACT scores are always consistent (I didn’t study as assiduously for the ACT as I did for the SAT), although your ACT score will most likely be slightly higher than your SAT score.
My suggestion for you is to take the ACT. You should also take a prep course at the Princeton Review (my score went up by 165 points the second time for the SAT and 3 points for the ACT).
I took both tests twice and scored slightly higher on the ACT both times. (SAT- 2015 ACT- 30 [which is basically a 2040-2100 on the SAT]).
My friends also took the ACT and slightly scored higher on it.</p>
<p>I am personally VERY pleased with the ACT because my subscores are high enough to give me a chance at Johns Hopkins, U Penn, Cornell, Brown, etc (although I should have scored higher).
I am planning on taking the ACT for the third time in September to see if I can get a 34 or a 35.</p>
<p>Good luck on your tests!</p>
<p>^ It is not possible to get 2015 in SAT.</p>
<p>^ Yeah, it is… The SAT is out of 2400. The curves and points given are different for every test.</p>
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<p>Just plain false.</p>
<p>And it’s not possible to score 2015 on the SAT. Even though the maximum top-line score is indeed 2400, the scores for Critical Reading, Math and Writing are always multiples of 10, so their sum must also be a multiple of 10.</p>
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<p>No. It is not possible to have any score not ended with 0. The curves are not really a curve. They are indeed scoring tables with all sections scores in multiples of 10. ACT 30 is most likely converted to below 2000 in SAT. Nothing he said makes sense at all.</p>
<p>Are you not supposed to add in the Writing MC score?
I thought you were supposed to do so…</p>
<p>Your writing Mc combined with your day gives you the site for the writing section. You don’t add the writing Mc on top of that</p>
<p>A 30 on ACT ~~ 1920 - 1980 SAT. ← More and more people score higher on ACT than SAT, and colleges are realizing this, so be weary.</p>
<p>Since you got 1740 on SAT, see if you get above 26 on ACT. If you score above 26 then the ACT will have payed off.</p>
<p>Well, the SAT is an aptitude test which does just that. Measure scholastic aptitude. The ACT is an achievement which means it tries to measure how much information you have actually gained in school. I scored an 1800 (700 CR 610 M 500 W) on SAT while I received a 31 on the ACT (32 English, 33 Reading, 30 Math, and 29 Science 10 Essay)</p>
<p>Granted, I took the ACT 6 months after the SAT and after ~7 APs, so I may have gained some more knowledge and been in a testing mode that test. </p>
<p>@dragooner I know people who do worse on ACT. It is a two sided coin.</p>