<p>Can anyone bullet out the main differences betweenthe ACT and the SAT? What basic atrtegies would a child prepped for SAT change in order to take the ACTs?</p>
<p>please do a search, and you will come up with many answers</p>
<p>I will do the first, but leave the 2nd for someone else.</p>
<p>Main differences are:</p>
<ol>
<li>SAT has a mandatory Essay, ACT does not (called Writing Test)</li>
<li>ACT has an extra subject area: Science
i.Math
ii. Critical Reading
iii. Writing Skills</li>
</ol>
<p>ACT consists four subject areas:
i. Math
ii. English (basically Writing Skills)
iii. Reading (basically CR, but no Sentence Completions)
iv. Science </p>
<ol>
<li><p>On the ACT, GUESSING is better than omitting - on the SAT, OMITTING is better</p></li>
<li><p>SAT is an aptitude (supposedly intelligence) test, but the ACT is an achievement (what you learned in high-school) test.</p></li>
<li><p>Students who do well in advanced classes tend to do better on the ACT than the SAT, as well as students who like or have taken advanced science classes. </p></li>
</ol>
<p>IF you want more info on the ACT go to its wikipedia page or College Entrance Exam Advisors and Educators dot org (use the acronym).</p>