<p>I did better on the ACT than on the SAT...</p>
<p>I'm wondering if it will hurt my chances if I submit it over the SAT. Most colleges say they "prefer" the SAT - what does that mean? Am I going to reduce my chances by sumbitting my ACT score instead?</p>
<p>Thanks!!!!</p>
<p>maybe you could reveal your ACT and SAT score for CC members to give you a better suggestion</p>
<p>There are plenty of threads on this topic on here. One was from less than a week ago. Also check the ACT forum.</p>
<p>But to answer your question - no.</p>
<p>Perlita- I'm in the same situation. No school is going to "prefer" one test over the other. If they were biased, not only would they not be allowed to do business with the ACT company, they would also not put that option of submission on the application. Case and point, if they allow you to do it, they don't consider it a set back in your file. Also, most schools convert SAT/ACT scores to a common score that translates equally. So for instance, a 30 on the ACT would be like a low 1300's or so on the SAT.</p>
<p>SAT</p>
<p>Writing: 710
Reading: 770</p>
<p>So far so good, right?</p>
<p>But then...</p>
<p>Math: 550 (UGH)</p>
<p>ACT: 31</p>
<p>They can't prefer the ACT over the SAT because it would show regional favoritism...ACTs are big in the midwest while SATs are big in the East...</p>
<p>I submitted only my ACT (and didn't even take the SAT), and was accepted to my first choice Ivy League school...</p>
<p>That's encouraging :)</p>
<p>personally I think an ACT shows weakness if you are in the coastal regions cause it is odd that someone who would usually take the SAT would decide to take the ACT. If you are in the midwest, and the population there is ACTers, go for it. Also, the ACT is a relatively new test. It is basically just the SAT except it does not test thinking, just memorization.</p>
<p>That is a pretty critical statement-explain to me how ACT requires remote memorization? The ACT is a test the measures how well you retain the information you learned in high school. It is an achievment test. Yes, the SAT is different, in a ridiculously bias and overly commercialized sort of way, however you can't compare the two. One is a test of students, and the other is a test of thinkers. They both look at different aspects of a student.</p>
<p>fastMEd that has to be one of the most unfounded and idiotic statements i have read on college confidential</p>
<p>I can tell both of you took the ACT.</p>
<p>i took both</p>
<p>Don't submit that SAT score -- the 550 math will really hurt.</p>
<p>cooper - I assume you took the ACT after a bad SAT.</p>
<p>I can tell both of you took the ACT.</p>
<p>Please don't tell me you took the ACT and is now hinting that those who took it are somehow biased. Also please don't tell me you never took the ACT and is spouting crap. Nevertheless, your statement is quite false. Which test was the one that got so ripped to shreds it had to conduct a complete makeover? Think about it.</p>
<p>Yawn. It is the classical apples and pears argument. </p>
<p>Most people eat apples. Few eat pears. One day, someone finds a worm in an apple and people assume the whole batch is rotten. People start switching to pears, but they soon discover there are wormy pears as well. In the end, the people switch back to the apples.</p>
<p>Also, most people do not prepare for the ACT, but they do for the SAT. I have taken the ACT before. 36 ACT, but I do not like to mention it and prefer mentioning my 2380 SAT instead.</p>
<p>*Yawn. It is the classical apples and pears argument. </p>
<p>Most people eat apples. Few eat pears. One day, someone finds a worm in an apple and people assume the whole batch is rotten. People start switching to pears, but they soon discover there are wormy pears as well. In the end, the people switch back to the apples.*</p>
<p>Wow, I didn't know you could see the future. Of course, 1.3 million people take the ACT annually. 1.5 million take the SAT. It seems that pears are actually quite popular.</p>
<p>Plus, ACT is so trusted states have mandated that all juniors are to take it. The SAT is so respected the UCs threatened to take it off as a requirement entirely.</p>
<p>Indeed, the vast majority of the universities accept both tests equally. Hell, many universities use the ACT to substitue for BOTH SAT I & IIs (ACT = SAT I + SAT II, if you didn't catch that part). Princeton Review has repeatedly claimed that ACT is a fundamentally better test than the SAT (are you going to start saying they don't know standardized testing?). </p>
<p>So there, facts garnered by merely a few seconds on google. Meanwhile, you come in with your little crystal ball and starts talking to Elvis. Sorry, but destroying your argument is way too easy. Better luck next time.</p>
<p>Also, most people do not prepare for the ACT, but they do for the SAT.</p>
<p>Yes, I can see your source right there in concrete.... oh wait, you're just pulling off some more stuff from your behind. Somehow, you getting 36 or 2380 is becoming a highly doutful matter, considering you can barely make a coherent, substantiated argument.</p>
<p>fastMEd im surprised you did so well on the SAT considering its supposed to test reasoning skills, which you are obviously lacking. you shouldnt be so presumptious, as your assumptions are incorrect.</p>
<p>The ACT isn't "new" - I took it 30 years ago.</p>