<p>Why do SAT/ACT scores even count after your first year of college? Or even after senior year of high school?</p>
<p>This is my logic: I took the ACT twice at the beginning of my senior year and did pretty average on both of them. But at the same time, I was also taking AP Physics and BC Calculus, and ended up making 5’s on both exams. Then I came to college and took English 101 and ended up with a high A. So I took the ACT again this past February and my scores were still pretty average. </p>
<p>But why should that even matter?? I don’t think anyone would want to argue that the degree of difficulty of math on the ACT is even remotely close to the difficulty of the BC Calc exam, or that the science section on the ACT really even measures anything related to science, let alone should be taken into account when there is an AP Physics score. And my score on the writing portion of the ACT arguing about a trivial matter such as school uniforms in a basic five-paragraph essay shouldn’t even be allowed to be in my file when there is a grade for a semester’s worth of annotated bibs, close readings, and policy arguments.</p>
<p>Please put in your $.10 about this question!</p>
<p>I disagree, at least about the SAT. I have no knowledge about the ACT. </p>
<p>The SAT is an aptitude test, meaning it tests ability, not knowledge. AP exams test knowledge and acquired skills. The SAT isn’t about calculus and having problems that require a very specific skill set. Its about testing your ability to reason and work through problems logically. To be totally clear, the SAT measures (or at least attemps to measure) something entirely different than an AP exam or a class grade - raw aptitude. </p>
<p>Now, I’m not all gung-ho about SATs, but I do think they have their place.</p>
<p>Yea the SAT more than the ACT tests more on logic. I know the ACT tests basically on curriculum, I mean I understand you cant remember everything from highschool, but I think if you have the logic to take CALC and understand it than I would think the math portion of those tests should be easy to you (granted not always perfect). </p>
<p>Also they count far less as a transfer than as a incoming freshman…</p>
<p>Also why dont you buy a ACT study guide??? Helps alot…</p>
<p>I got a 27 on my ACT and thats that I kept running out of time and having to guess… So I probably could have had a 30-32 if I was able to concetrate and finish on time (of course it was my first time taking it so the nerves got to me)… So i guess what im trying to say is practice your test taking skills</p>
<p>ACT/SAT doesn’t matter after your soph. year. Its just a matter of having those 30 credits, when you are applying with only 15 credits, its not enough to base everything off of only your college because they haven’t seen enough. If you don’t like something from high school, get 30 credits then apply.</p>