@Az1234
Whether to take the SAT or ACT is a good question and one a lot of students struggle with! We recently wrote a detailed guide to figuring this out here: http://blog.prepscholar.com/is-the-act-easier-than-the-sat
Here are the main points:
Pros for the ACT being ‘easier’:
-the ACT is more straightforward in how it asks questions
-ACT science is more about reasoning than hardcore science
-ACT doesn’t test difficult vocabulary like the SAT does
-ACT reading questions often feature ‘find the fact’ questions that are pretty straightforward
-colleges generally care about your ACT composite score, so you can ‘hide’ weaker sections in a composite score. There are limits to this.
Cons for the ACT:
-ACT math has more skills tested (trig, conic sections)
-ACT tends to have more time pressure - this was true of my personal experience when I took both tests recently
-ACT still has tricky bait wrong answer choices, just like the SAT
My suggestion to you is to take a full-length practice test for the ACT and compare your score to the SAT. The best way to compare them is to look at the schools you want to apply to. For example, your SAT score might be average for your target schools, but your ACT score might be above average. This post is already getting long so here’s a link on how to do this here: http://blog.prepscholar.com/what-is-a-good-act-score-a-bad-act-score-an-excellent-act-score
Most students tend to have comparable SAT and ACT scores, but you might be able to perform far better on one or the other. The only way to tell is to try taking a test!