<p>My son is a rising junior, #1 in his class with an unweighted 4.0. It’s actually a 99.9 out of 100. He just took the Bio SAT and scored 100.</p>
<p>we live in the northeast. He’s interested in going to a “warm” Liberal Arts school. I’m thinking Duke, Vanderbilt, Emory, Davidson and washington and Lee are good places to start.</p>
<p>Around here its all about the SAT, but i’m wondering if he should also take the ACT for those schools. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>Generally they say that North is all about ACT and the South is about the SAT. I recommend that he takes both. Those are pretty competitive schools and they accept both as far as I know.</p>
<p>I’m almost certain the only region where the ACT is more popular by any significant margin is the midwest. Pretty much every single school in the country takes either one and weighs them equally, though.</p>
<p>Was the Bio SAT 800?</p>
<p>I think sat is more common but use whatever you do best on. D got in to some of your schools with only sat. The biggest difference is that all the school both D’s applied to super scored the SAT and only looked at cr + m.</p>
<p>The South, I thought, takes the ACT more than the SAT. But most if not all colleges will take both tests.</p>
<p>actually, more students take ACT now then SAT</p>
<p>Ooops That was 800 on Bio SAT</p>
<p>ketann is correct. The ACT has now surpassed the SAT in students. Almost every school will take either and have no preference.</p>
<p>Your son should try some practice tests of each (blue book and red book!) and see if one test feels more comfortable. I scored very well on the ACT, but my SAT practice tests were very poor (equivalent to about six ACT points lower). Schools should weigh the tests equally, so he should definitely take and submit whichever test he does better on! In my opinion both tests are very studyable, so more practice will help him get familiar with the question (and answer) styles.</p>
<p>I was in the almost exact position last year ( not as high average,though). From what I know, colleges don’t tend to care. DO both and see which one he does better on.</p>