How popular is the ACT outside of the Midwest?

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<p>The ACT is about as popular in the deep South as it is in the Midwest. It’s the standard there.</p>

<p>This is half true.</p>

<p>The inland states (Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Arkansas, and Oklahoma) and the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico (Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama) do prefer the ACT over the SAT.</p>

<p>But ALL states bordering the Atlantic Ocean (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia), plus Texas and Florida, given their populations, actually favour the SAT over the ACT.</p>

<p>Proof:</p>

<p><a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools;

<p><a href=“http://www.act.org/news/data/03/states.html[/url]”>http://www.act.org/news/data/03/states.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>What intensely infuriates me is the fact that Indiana - a Republican state, no doubt - leans toward the SAT, while Illinois is the opposite. For the latter - rather, Chicago - to ever be taken seriously as an international force, it’ll have to give SATs, not ACTs, to every high-schooler. Maintaining the ACT as Illinois’s preferred standardized test is tantamount to ****ing on the world outside the United States.</p>

<p>Addendum: I’m sure that if the Canadian provinces had to administer either test, only Alberta would even consider the ACT: Saskatchewan and Manitoba would do an Indiana, though it would be much more tolerable considering their liberality.</p>