<p>very easy question..</p>
<p>SAT OR ACT?</p>
<p>Take practice tests of each and then you should have an idea which is better for you. Some do better on SAT than ACT and vice versa. Personally, my ACT score is the equivalent of over 300 points higher than my SAT score.</p>
<p>If you can, take both so you have a choice of scores. One advantage to the ACT is you may not have to take any SAT IIs (many schools say the ACT fills for those).</p>
<p>One thing I've learned on this board: It can be of benefit to start your standardized testing with the ACT. ACT has score choice, so you don't have to send all your scores to colleges. With the SAT, any test you take will be sent to colleges- you can't request that only your highest scores be sent. If you start with the ACT and are happy with your score then you don't need to take the SAT and may not need to take any SAT II's (depends on where you're applying). All colleges except Harvey Mudd will take ACT instead of SAT. When you register for ACT, make sure you don't put your high school down to receive the score. Some schools will send all of your standardized test scores as part of your transcript. If you start with SAT's and are unhappy with your scores, you can't necessarily hide them from colleges.</p>
<p>for ivies and other east coast schools, they all SAY there's no difference between the SAT and the ACT, but look at the percentage of students that submitted those tests</p>
<p>usually WAY MORE students submitted the SAT, so there is more context if you send SAT scores; if you send ACT, that's alright, but since there's not as much context, colleges may not consider them that heavily so they'll focus more on your grades and other info to see if you're a strong applicant</p>
<p>this is my speculation, but if you look at some past threads, other people have confirmed this...</p>