Choosing Between the SAT and the ACT
Posted on March 10th, 2008
You're preparing to apply for college. Do you take the SAT or the ACT?
Amanda Sopko recently published a piece that looks at the differences between the two tests. And there are some profound differences. How example, the ACT tests your knowledge of content while the SAT tests your ability to reason, to use logic.
If you're good in math and science you should be aware that the SAT tests math only through about the ninth grade level (some algebra and some geometry) while the ACT has math questions that go all the way into trig. And while the ACT tests science knowledge, the SAT doesn't test science at all.
There are a number of other differences to consider. Let's look at one of the biggest differences…
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