<p>I tend to fall prey to the SATs trick questions. I've heard that the ACT is more straightforward. I have two questions: how hard is the math on the ACT, and did any SAT scorers here do better on the ACT?</p>
<p>Math section isn't nearly as tricky, a lot more straightforward. Might want to look into some practice tests just to get the hang of it though.</p>
<p>I did much better on the ACT than the SATs. Approximately 200 points better on the SAT scale.</p>
<p>I don't do nearly as well on the ACT math as I do on the SAT. It's probably because my school doesn't have a good math department...geometry was a joke and there's pretty much no trig. I missed 2 math questions on the last SAT I took and 8 or 9 on the last ACT. Yeah...making a 29 on ACT math irritates me.</p>
<p>The writing and reading are much easier for me on the ACT. I got a 35 on writing and 33 on reading but only 650s on the SAT sections. </p>
<p>Science would be the easiest section, to me, if they gave about 10 more minutes, but most people I know have to rush on it and end up missing easy questions that they misread a question or answer on. If you can read a graph/table quickly, you'll do well on it.</p>
<p>Over-all I like the ACT much better. The sections are all complete and the questions, like you mentioned, are a lot more direct. The reading and writing passages are usually more interesting to me as well. Due to my trouble on ACT math, though, my scores are about the same.</p>
<p>Hopefully in two days I'll find out that I did well enough for that full paid scholarship I'm hoping for...I just need one more point.</p>
<p>Nice.....yeah, I'd definitely do a practice test or two first. I wouldn't want to cancel out any advantage with ignorance of the question type or something. Colleges just translate the ACT to SAT without considering difficulty or anything, right?</p>
<p>ACT is much better because they don't ding you for guessing. And I did far better on the ACT</p>
<p>Now I'm definitely signing up for the June test. No penalties for guessing would definitely help me. Does anyone have a link for an SAT/ACT conversion chart? I'll look on the ACT site for it too....thanks for all the info guys!</p>
<p>Everything just gives me info for the old SAT.....grrrrr.</p>
<p>I got the same exact score, on my ACT and SAT.</p>
<p>You got a 36 or lower on your SAT?</p>
<p>I meant when the ACT score is converted to the SAT scale. I got a 26 on the ACT with a 11/12 on the essay, which is converted to a 1780. On the SAT I got a 1750 with a 10/12 on the essay.</p>
<p>Anyone got the scale handy?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.powerprep.com/actvssat.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.powerprep.com/actvssat.htm</a></p>
<p>verbalizing,
I was just joking.. :-D</p>
<p>Hmm, I took the ACT twice, getting a 31 and a 33
If I had taken the SAT twice, I should have gotten a 2040 and 2190
Only got a 1960 on the SAT, which i took once</p>
<p>i took the ACT</p>
<p>thanks for the link, verbalizing. I'm excited - I signed up for the ACT last night and I did a few practice problems. They seemed easier for me, but of course, that might have been the easy section or something.</p>
<p>The ACT has relatively simple, straightforward questions. The problem is timing. They only give you a certain amount of time to do each section, so do full sections at a time, and time yourself. I took the April 8th ACT, and while the material wasn't too bad, I ended up rushing towards the end of some sections and had to guess on the remaining science problems.</p>
<p>How is the science section on the ACT? I have not taken a chemistry course yet and have forgotten most of my freshmen biology. Would this hurt my chance so of getting a good score on the ACT science section? Am currently in AP Physics so I dont think physics should be a problem since i've been doing it for 2 years now. ..</p>
<p>The ACT has a science reasoning test, rather than a science knowledge test. The substantive knowledge you need will be in the passages themselves.</p>
<p>That conversion table is incorrect. UC sets the conversion standard, for better or worse, and they finally stopped using a composite conversion. You now convert all the individual scores, take two thirds of your Reading, Math, and SR total, and add in the English.</p>
<p>However, most schools don't convert per se.</p>