Should I take the ACT?

csdad
Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:02:11 +0000

My observations have led me to believe that students with a large CR/M discrepancy, as you have do better on the ACT. Only 1/4 of the total score as opposed to 1/2 (most colleges don’t weigh the W section of SAT) for the SAT. In addition, even the Science section of the ACT is really a lot of reading comprehension. In addition, the Common Data Set, which all colleges are required to complete, breaks out the SAT CR & M into separate percentiles, but with the ACT they only report total score, thus a low score on one component doesn’t hurt the colleges “stats” as much as as low CR or M SAT score.