The ACT... better for math/science persons??

tribe567
Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:59:50 +0000

I consider myself a math/science person as well. I’ve taken AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Calculus and Honors Pre-Calc and done really well in them. As far as the ACT vs SAT is concerned, I have taken the SAT twice: got a 1710 (C:530 W:510 M:680 May 07) and a 1720 (C:520 W:560 M:630 October 07). I just recently took the ACT in October and got a 30 composite (equivalent to around a 2000 SAT). I did very well on the science (36), good on the math (31), and good on the reading (28). However, english, like it was on the SAT, was disappointing (24). But it was expected, since I haven’t been done great on these kinds of tests dealing with strictly english. However, I found the ACT a lot easier for me. I got through all the questions (just barely!) for every section. The science section is basically interpreting graphs. If you have a solid background and understand it, you’ll do fine. Math was easy although I got held up on one of them (#30 I think) and had to rush a little at the end.