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Hrsanei Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

SAT vs ACT

Hi.

What's the difference between ACT and SAT in America?

As far as I know both of the tests are for high school students who want to go to college.

SAT stands for Scholastic Assesment Test and

ACT stands for American College Test

I would be grateful if you could tell me the difference.

Thanks
  

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The SAT has 3 sections - Reading, Writing, and Mathematics, which are each scored out of an 800-point scale (granularized in 10-point units), with the mean normed to 500 points. The SAT is taken more frequently than the ACT by students on the East and West coasts. The ACT has 4 sections - English, Reading, Mathematics, and Science Reasoning - as well as an optional Writing section.

— CSnyder

  • The SAT has 3 sections - Reading, Writing, and Mathematics, which are each scored out of an 800-point scale (granularized in 10-point units), with the mean normed to 500 points.
  • The SAT is taken more frequently than the ACT by students on the East and West coasts.
  • The ACT has 4 sections - English, Reading, Mathematics, and Science Reasoning - as well as an optional Writing section.
  • The ACT offers individual scoring on each section as well as an overall average called the composite score.
  • The 4 mandatory sections are scored from 1-36, with the composite score originally normed to a mean of 18 points (with integer scores only).
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The SAT has 3 sections - Reading, Writing, and Mathematics, which are each scored out of an 800-point scale (granularized in 10-point units), with the mean normed to 500 points. The SAT is taken more frequently than the ACT by students on the East and West coasts.

The ACT has 4 sections - English, Reading, Mathematics, and Science Reasoning - as well as an optional Writing section. The AC
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Thank you very much for your help.

Do all American schools accept both scores?

I have the impression that, SAT is more common, becase its form is similar to GRE.

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I'm sure there are still some colleges that only accept one or the other, but most accept both.
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You would definitely want to check the admission requirements for the college you were interested and find out which one they favored, however. I took only the SATs. I didn't even know what the ACTs were until much later.
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Thanks Grammar Geek for your explanation.

Have you taken GRE?

I took GRE last year. It was very difficult for me. There were ful of new words despite the fact I have a rich vocabulary.

I wonder if native speakers also find it difficult.

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I did not need the GRE for my MBA program, so no, I have never taken it. For a while I thought about going back to get a different master's degree and looked briefly at some sample tests for the GRE, but never pursued it. I remember thinking that it was not a simple test. (I thought the SATs were unbelievably easy.)
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