Sat prep or Act prep?
Hey guys. I'm going into my Junior year in high school and I think I should take some prep class for this kind of test. Which prep course should I take, SAT or ACT? I'm not a very good test taker, I'm really good at math, ok at writing, I suck at critical reading, and I have a 4.0 GPA. Also, do all colleges accept either test? Almost everyone I know is taking the SAT instead of the ACT.
I have taken that PLAN test (ACT-ish) and scored a Composite score of 24. I also took the PSAT a while back and got a selection index of 161. Both tests were taken without any kind prep. Also, what ever prep class I take, I'm taking that test.
Thanks for any help.
July 25, 2013
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@looooooooool: Plenty of people with perfect ACTs and GPAs get rejected from Harvard.
On topic: I found the ACT to be easier when I took it. Made a 34 so it wasn't perfect but good enough for college. I used Princeton review. I highly recommend it.
>Has a 4.0
>Sucks at things
>Doesn't know about standardized testing
Oh lawdyyy that grade inflation.
[quote=GreenPyr0]@tk098 Thanks. Since the ACT is easier, would it be more beneficial for me to take SAT prep courses and take the SAT instead? Or is ACT to go? I would take both if I had the money. I'm a little uneasy about ACT since I know pretty much no one who's really going to take that.[/quote]
Why take the SAT when the ACT is easier? Colleges see them as equal, and just want high scores from either of them. Of course, I have heard some schools (especially west coast) that only accept the SAT (have no idea whether this is true or not), so you might want to look into that.
Again, this is all my opinion. I'd say the ACT, but everyone is different, I've taken the SAT once in like 8th grade, which I don't remember at all, so I can't really compare the 2. I based my opinion off of what I've heard from others as well as partially from my own experience.
@tk098 Thanks. Since the ACT is easier, would it be more beneficial for me to take SAT prep courses and take the SAT instead? Or is ACT to go? I would take both if I had the money. I'm a little uneasy about ACT since I know pretty much no one who's really going to take that.
ACT is a lot easier imo. With the SAT you have to memorize voacb and all that crap... In the ACT, the "science" section is actually a reading comprehension part, though a good science background would help.
And most colleges take either