<p>I have a wide variety of colleges that I am applying to however, I have not taken the SAT. My top choice is Duke University and I was wondering if me only taking the ACT will harm my chances of acceptance there or at any other college. Feedback would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I would take the SAT too. Some colleges prefer SAT (Princeton, etc.).</p>
<p>I think the only way not taking the SAT could hurt is if you would have done better on the SAT. Assuming equivalent scores, I believe the ACT is as widely accepted as the SAT. Now, I did hear our local high school principal claim that very few of our high school students here in our MA town took the ACTs, and that the ACTs were only accepted by midwestern and southern schools. My daughter laughed when I reported this to her – she took the October ACTs along with the topped ranked student in the class, class president, and student rep to the school boars (three different people…). I think some people are living in the past! </p>
<p>I’d be interested in seeing the source for claiming that Princeton prefers the SAT…</p>
<p>It all depends on how well you did on the ACT.</p>
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NO colleges prefer the SAT. ALL colleges will take either score. However, some people do better on one test over the other. It might make sense to take both. And as Hunt said, if you did well enough you don’t need to take any more tests.</p>
<p>No. Any suggestion that the SAT is preferred over the ACT is either outdated (SAT>ACT may have been true many years ago, parents and even GCs don’t keep up to date) misinformed, or really malicious bs.</p>
<p>Thank you all so much! I really appreciate the advice.</p>
<p>If a college will take either score, then they have no preference. None at all.</p>