<p>Guys, I just got my ACT scores this morning, and I am wondering if Berkeley will consider them given the fact that the deadline has passed... </p>
<p>P.S. I did use one of my four requests on Berkeley when I registered for the December ACT.</p>
<p>HElP!</p>
<p>The thing about UC’s is that they usually dont take ACT’s as it is a much easier test.</p>
<p>That’s not correct.</p>
<p>UC Berkeley lists student profile in both SAT and ACT. Therefore, I believe they accept ACT.</p>
<p>shosanity, maybe you can give us here some advice.my sister can get a 2280 and 2320 sat, but in 2 shots with the ACT has scored a 29 and 30? I see you say the ACT is a “much easier” test. What is the key to scoring high in your opinion on the act??</p>
<p>Well the ACT is all about speed. If you can get the timing down, the test becomes a whole lot simpler. I recommend you take numerous practice tests, but the key is to limit the time needed to complete each section. Take five minutes off of each section, and try to finish without losing accuracy. If you do this, your scores should show improvement.</p>
<p>In my personal opinion, I do not think ACT is just based on timing so anyone who can answer the questions faster will get better score. I do think ACT and SAT are testing different things. Some people are just better on ACT than SAT. However, that doesn’t mean
ACT is easier than SAT.</p>
<p>that Doctor123 fool is really just drunk…ALL UC’S ACCEPT ACT AND SAT’s EQUALLY. it ****es me off. The ACT may be easier, but the way the company makes it hard is the timing and the averaging of scores from all 4 sections. Scoring a 36 36 21 21 doesn’t really put you too high. Plus, scoring in the 30’s range requires only 6 or less wrong…a feat only a few can do in such a huge section (40-75 question sections). If the ACT is easier then tell me WHY the average isn’t higher for ACT? You just come on here making claims like you graduated from Princeton but you have no knowledge of the UC System at all. Just get outta here.</p>
<p>And I don’t want to diss the SAT but it makes no apparent sense. How does “testing reasoning and aptitude skills” have anything to do with college?? It makes sense though that having grammer, comprehension, science comprehension, and math skills will help you in college, as the ACT does. Any reasoning skills can be increased over a month with just some prep. And plus, what type of test expects you to know 1000+ vocab words? wth? Don’t kids these days need to actually have a life and focus in school rather than memorizing latin roots/words?</p>
<p>Just because the ACT doesn’t require you to walk down to a store to buy a vocabulary book like the SAT does doesn’t mean its easier.</p>
<p>Easier, maybe it’s the SAT that’s incorrectly judging the skill set of people? The SAT is a test about memorization of vocab and other worthless rules…</p>
<p>“If the ACT is easier then tell me WHY the average isn’t higher for ACT?”</p>
<p>Failtastic.</p>
<p>The ACT average will ALWAYS be around a 20 because the test is curved by how people tend to do, so that the test is credible and good for comparison of students. That’s all the test is for in the first place. The 75th percentile will always be a 24 and the 25th percentile a 16. That’s why they curve the test the way they do. The ACT in general is easier, but the curves are slightly crazy.</p>
<p>Based on my two daughters’ tests from last year and the year before, I found if I superscore their ACT tests, the result is the same as their highest SAT from one sitting and my two daughters both have problem finishing their science portion of the test (one time my 2nd daughter finished the science, but the result is not really better than not finished). Interesting thing is their higest ACT score from one sitting is 32. Their PSAT is only 1 point different.</p>