Is it worth taking the SAT?

entomom
Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:34:09 +0000

I think that all those schools will accept the ACT.

Have you read the webesites to see the test reporting policies of your schools? While many schools let you choose between sending the ACT or SAT (often +2 Subject tests), S does not accept Score Choice AND requires you to send BOTH ACT & SAT if you have taken them:

[Testing : Stanford University](http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/application/freshman/testing.html)

If you are satisfied with your ACT, get your parents involved and try to get out of taking it again. IMO (others disagree), I think the fewer times you test the better, for instance, Y says:

[No choice on scores | Yale Daily News](http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2009/jan/16/no-choice-on-scores/)



When asked whether Yale looks only at a student’s best standardized testing scores, Brenzel said in an e-mail: “We do give primary consideration to the top scores attained. It can be helpful, though, to know how many times it took to achieve those scores.”



While sitting the ACT twice is not a lot, it’s unnecessary to take it and you could get a lower score the second time.

There are some schools that require the ACT and a couple Subject tests (Dartmouth I believe), so taking the Subject tests is good. And S lets you use Score Choice on Subject tests since they don’t require them.