<p>@akskrjdf321 splitting up the studying is something I would NOT recommend. Find out which one you’re better at, and focus only on that one. </p>
<p>But if you must split your concentration, CR strategies will DEFINITELY help you on the ACT Reading section. This is where I saw the most similarities between the two, albeit the SAT has much harder passages, it’s the same general approach that will get you a high score. Of course, the SAT also has tons of vocabulary to study for, so you need to keep that in mind. </p>
<p>The ACT English and SAT Writing sections aren’t too different on the material tested as well. </p>
<p>Math is different. The ACT tests many more concepts that the SAT would never test, like matrices and vectors. The SAT, however, requires you to use more reasoning on the exam, so even though the amount of math concepts you need to know for the SAT is less than the ACT, the way that the SAT will be asking you questions and expecting you to approach them will be completely different, and probably a lot harder.</p>