<p>I have taken the SATs twice now, V540 M690 W540, V580 M690 W490. When I took them a second time I pretty much stayed the same. All my friends say they never went up a whole lot by taking it multiple times. It was recommended for me to try the ACT in October. Would this be helpful? I am only applying to east coast schools though.</p>
<p>It all depends what is tripping you up on the SAT - if you're overanalyzing the problems, the straight foward aspect of the ACT might help you out - however, it's not the math that is your problem. I dunno - you could try prepping more for the SAT or take a practice ACT out of a book and see how you do.</p>
<p>You might as well try. If you do badly on the ACT, colleges won't see the scores. If you do well, you can submit those instead.</p>
<p>i found the ACT ten times easier... i did lots of prep for the SAT and got a 1410/790w.. took the ACT and got a 34 which is like a 1520 with no prep. i would suggest taking a practice test and working on the timing-- that is the only thing that is harder- esp with science (that was my lowest section).</p>
<p>I"m not planning to take a SAT course so if I took them again would they really go up? I got an SAT book for the second time I took them and it really didn't help me. If I did well on the ACT would colleges on the East coast use that instead of my SAT score? or would most not care and only use my SAT score?</p>
<p>grr couldn't figure out how to edit my last post...</p>
<p>I've read about a few colleges on the East coast that would take ACT instead of SAT I/II....I wasn't planning on taking SAT II cause only my reach school requires it ...and I doubt I'm going to get in anyway there. But is this common for them to take ACT over SAT IIs??? and if I do take it should I take the writing section?</p>
<p>look at this way, taking the act couldn't hurt</p>
<p>yes, but is there truly little chance of me improving my SAT score if I took them again? unless I get a tutor or something...</p>