<p>Which one do colleges prefer?</p>
<p>Depends on the college. <em>Almost</em> all will accept them equally. Some say they prefer one over the other but will accept either. A small handful will accept only one or the other.</p>
<p>In general, more east and west coast students take the SAT, more midwest students take the ACT.</p>
<p>I read somewhere that there are actually more school that will accept the ACT than the SAT. Don't know if that's really true.</p>
<p>My advice: take both. Don't send scores to schools until you decide which scores would be best for that school (some, for example, require SAT IIs with ACT scores, others will take only ACT or the SAT I with IIs.)</p>
<p>Yes, because there are many more schools in the Midwest that only accept ACT. </p>
<p>The only two schools I know who will give you a hard time is Wake Forest and Princeton (if all the other schools you to only accept ACT, they will too).</p>
<p>Princeton (Go Tigers!) accepts ACTs no problem. But you still need SAT IIs.</p>
<p>Midwestern schools prefer the ACT, especially over here in Missouri.</p>
<p>Pretty much everyone else prefers the SAT. Some ivys even say on their website, that although they will take the ACT, they prefer the SAT and SAT II. </p>
<p>Personally, I liked the SAT better.</p>
<p>would colleges give preference to a candidate with the SAT over one with ACT</p>
<p>also, how do the SAT and ACT compare</p>
<p>I personally think the SAT is much easier than the ACT.</p>
<p>I solved the ACT math questions in utmost boredom, not because it was easy but primarily because it was the exact same Qs we solved in class.</p>
<p>SAT on the other hand tend to be more concept-based where you solve it if you understand, if not you don't. And SAT has lots of 'tricks' to it whereas ACT is plain old boring foil out "(x-3)(2x+3)(4x-2)"</p>
<p>oops sorry; I misread the original question.</p>
<p>how does the scoring on the ACT compare to the scoring for the SAT</p>
<p>for example, what does a 2300, 2200, 2100, or 2000 on the SAT convert to on the ACT</p>
<p>Ok... I heard if you're really bad at CR but good at like Math, you should take ACT because the CR is sooo much easier or something (True?). Also, I think I would like the Science Section. Oh, is the Writing/English section like the same for the ACT and the SAT?</p>
<p>So...
1. T/F - CR/Reading is much easier on ACT than SAT.
2. T/F - Writing/English (format-wise) are basically the same.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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<li>i don't know. suck at both</li>
<li>SAT and ACT are completely different format in english section</li>
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<p>whereas u pick the Error in the SAT, you pick the correct one in the ACT</p>
<p>and, the SAT gives u a stupid sentence, </p>
<p>the ACT actually gives u a passage</p>
<p>Hm... this could be interesting... Time to go to Lib and get ACT book...</p>
<p>i usually just go to borders and spend my saturday mornings doing practice tests in there lol</p>
<p>I found the PLAN (Pre-ACT) test incredibly easy. Sure, I did horribe on the Algebra and Geometry sections and would've had only one wrong if they were not on there hah, but I'm deathly scared of the PSAT for some reason.</p>
<p>PSAT is soooo hard
dam vocab.</p>
<p>My student who take the ACT find the RC and Science sections fairly easy, but so LONG that it's hard to finish for a lot of students. I personally think the ACT is a better test for people who attend really good schools...it's a lot more like work you do in high school. The SAT, on the other hand, tests mostly easier material in a tricker way...if you're good at deciphering SAT style questions, you can do extremely well. If you like a more straightforward test, the ACT might be for you.</p>
<p>I almost always recommend taking both tests...unless you've just completely crushed one or the other and can rest on your laurels :)</p>
<p>Hm, would you say the ACT constitutes a lot of preparation? You--being anyone?</p>
<p>If you are pretty strong in English/Math you should be fine. </p>
<p>Also, mathwiz, currently their is no conversion from ACT to the new SAT. But if you convert your SAT score to the old score format, you can use collegeboard's re-centered scales. (Note this isn't with writing)</p>