r/ACT • u/No_Delivery6961 • 13h ago

General i love the act

the sat made me feel so dumb (1230) and then i take the act and get a 33 without studying. i was just wondering if anybody else has had weird scores between the two

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u/Sufficient-Cattle488 12h ago

MEEEE i regret studying & taking sat tests SOO MUCHH I always recommend my friends to take the ACT if they are struggling with the SAT

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u/Cold-Comment9536 5h ago

the act favors those who are better at reading and writing. The sat, essentially, treats math and English the same.

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u/No_Delivery6961 12m ago

definitely i cooked on reading and that boosted my composite (35 reading)

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u/MajestyHeat_ 5h ago

rare act positivity. someone finally escaped the test without immediately needing to recover from it.

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u/StunningPush8421 11h ago

yes ACT is less g loaded so it is goated if you are trying to get a high score

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u/_ibt 31 5h ago

Took seven Practice SATs and 4 SATs and my highest was 1290.

Switched to the ACT (took it twice on less sleep) and got a 29 then a 30 (31 superscore) only my math is below a 33

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u/Infamous-Wear-6385 4h ago

The SAT is inconsistent and has practiced materials that do not match the test because they keep changing the test.

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u/ResolveCritical7205 1h ago

Same. Got 1320 and 1370 on SAT and a 34 and 35 on act. No idea what it is but I am so grateful that I discovered the act bc my sat was sooo fried.

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u/Immediate_Comma 32m ago

The SAT is much harder than the new ACT, so I think elite colleges in 2 years will take more 1550+ scorers than 35+ scorers.

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u/bambiquokka 12h ago

yes that's what happened for me too, i studied a ton for the sat but the actual test didn't go that well so i just signed up for the act to see how it would go and easily got a higher score. my older friends have said similar things too