should my friend take SAT or ACT?

vtran31
Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:05:17 +0000

I’ve asked this before, but I need more input.

I have a friend who is a senior. I am helping ehr prepare for one or the other. her math skills are extremely rusty and I think I need to essentially teach her critical reading for the first time. we have a month to prepare. What test would you recommend? She plans on attending university of houston or UT San Antonio( not sure which test they prefer). I am currently using Princeton review to study and am thinking of using the SAT underground. Along, of course, with 10 Real SAT’s after we cover the basics. Right now I am aiming for a 1200 for her onthe SAT (don’t know about the ACT)

She already took the SAT and performed lower than average ( around 900 I think). If she took the ACT, would colleges care about her bad SAT score?

Any other suggestions? For Math, I figure I will just go thorugh the review book. For verbal I figure i would do some analogies and sentence completions with her. I think I will also work with her on the critical reading section (try to improve her reading and logic skills). I am also going to make her read half of the Poisonwood Bible( good book, but not strong on vocab) and then lean her toward more intensive reading (like frankenstein). I am plan on using www.number2.com for at leas tthe vocab builder ( have not looked at the SAT and ACT prep)

so I had a lot of questions. Basically:

1) should she take ACT or SAT
2) What is the best way to prep her for the test ( I only have a month)