<p>Although I found out that I fit more to ACT, people around me recommend me to rather take SAT.</p>
<p>The reasons are
i) Collegeboard still has more power on universities than ACT. +universities like high SAT average scores. As a result, universities prefer SAT no matter what they say on surveys or researches.
ii) I could get more help on SAT. I am an international student, and in my country, like 90% students take SAT.
iii) If I took ACT, because English is not my first language, they will think I am trying to hide my weak English skill.
iv) ACT are more preferable to students who wants to study science, but I want to study social studies(like International Relations or Economics)</p>
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<li><p>False, unless you want to be believe that every college is just a bunch of scumbag liars when they say that either test is accepted and neither is favored over the other (the only exception I am aware of to that is Cal Poly San Luis Obispo which states a preference for the ACT).</p></li>
<li><p>Don’t know the actual answer to that one but there is possibly some truth to it in a number of foreign countries.</p></li>
<li><p>False. To do well in either the SAT reading and writing sections or the ACT English and reading sections, you need to be proficient in English. Neither test is going to hide lack of ability in English and colleges do not believe either one does.</p></li>
<li><p>False. Both tests are designed to apply generally to factors needed for success in college and neither has been shown to be better for one major than another and colleges do not believe one is better for some majors and not others. If you are making that distinction simply because ACT has a science section then be aware that some engineering/science colleges, including Georgia Tech and Rose Hulman, don’t even use the science section to determine admission.</p></li>
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