<p>Because my son is a white male, I will stay away from this argument. Anything that I say is going to sound "politically incorrect" though I do have a daughter as well.</p>
<p>Just say what you have to say... </p>
<p>There is no point in telling us that you're going to stay away from the argument. If that were the case, you wouldn't even have written that. </p>
<p>It's good to hear everyone's opinion, and I would like to hear yours.</p>
<p>Ditto that.</p>
<p>can we swerve this topic back to SAT's maybe? rather than continue arguing about Women/Minorities?</p>
<p>Anyways, I plan on taking SAT's in April and May, and based on what happens June as well</p>
<p>Now what are the advantages as well as differences between taking the ACT's or not taking them. Will one be better off with SAT scores and ACT scores??</p>
<p>Thank You</p>
<p>SAT's and ACT's are interchangeable and/or can be combined with SAT scores. For some, the ACT is easier, for others, harder. There are some fundemental differences between the two tests. Just in the layout, the ACT is only four, longer sections, as opposed to the SAT's 10, short sections. My number one hint for ACT's is make sure you know trig. functions (sin, cos, tan). You can find out pretty much everything you need to know at the collegeboard website <a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/splash%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/splash</a> and the ACT website <a href="http://www.actstudent.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.actstudent.org/</a></p>
<p>also--there is a legal program that you can put on your t1-83's and ti-83+ calculators that is called the ACT program. It has all the trig identities, double and half angle formulas, and everything else you need for the upper-level math side of the ACT. ( i actually didn't use it, but a friend put it on my calculator for reference anyway) </p>
<p>Personally, i never took the SAT. The naval academy didn't seem to mind. Where i live, the big test is the ACT, and so i took that twice. Just as some reference numbers for those taking act's, i'll provide my scores (i got a LOA in September and an appointment in December) For the second time through my overall score was a 32 (36 in Math, 29 in Science, 32 in English,and 31 in reading). The year between the times i took it, I improved my math score from a 28 to a 36 by taking trig and pre-calc--one credit hour each. The english grade really didn't change, and the reading grade went down a point (i guess i forgot how to pay attention) I hope this will help anyone who is taking ACT's rather than SAT's.</p>
<p>Hmmm well maybe if i took both the ACT and SAT and idk, gave them both of my scores what would that be like? would they like that?</p>
<p>The big difference I've read about between the SAT and the ACT is that the ACT tests more what you've learned in school while the SAT tests more your logic/reasoning ability. Of course you'll do better on both tests as you learn more and progress in school, but I think that the basic premise that the test writers look at and base their questions off of is between "natural ability (SAT)" and "learned ability (ACT)". Both have their strong and weak points, and some people do better on one than the other, so my advice is to take both and see which one you feel better at. I took both for the first time at the end of my freshman year and liked the SAT better (again, because I hadn't had as much schooling as the ACT was designed for) so I went with the SAT and focused on that one. Looking back, however, I would be interested to see which test I would do better on now as a Senior (especially because most people consider the ACT the easier of the two). It doesn't matter for me anymore, though...as always, YMMV. Good luck!</p>
<p>ColbyBuss: My personal advice is that you want to take both tests as much as possible until you get satisfactory scores (ones that you are happy with and that meet or exceed Academy standards). Submit all your scores ASAP to the Academy. When the admissions board sees you worked for your scores, they are partial to motivation, if you know what I mean.</p>
<p>Thanks hbc025, now when you say submit all your scores to them ASAP, does that mean during the application process? or everytime you take them whenever. Also, you wouldnt think they would ever get 'annoyed' about continuely sending in new scores do you?</p>
<p>Oh, sorry for the confusion. Yeah, send the scores while your applying. They won't get annoyed, like I said, they see motivation when you really push for success. It shows you really want it.</p>