Do colleges prefer one standardized test over the other???

tux08902
Wed, 16 May 2007 16:05:46 +0000

No, don’t study for the SAT with a blind perspective. Don’t study for any standardized test with a blind perspective. First, take a practice version of both tests. Find the one that you are more comfortable on, and study for that.

And, if you’re even concerned with the prestige of the ACT, then forget about prestige. Actually look at what both tests measure. Most schools that accept either test, including some Ivy League schools and other prestigious schools, only want the ACT, if that is what you decide to take. They don’t require any SAT IIs if taking the ACT. That gives the ACT a better content validity, and Dartmouth conducted a study in which it concluded that the ACT had a better predictive validity for college scores of that high school acceptance pool. If those results can be generalized, which I think they can, then validity is not a question.