<p>As someone who was taken SAT, will take two SAT subject tests, and is now studying for the ACT for the first time, I honestly feel that it is ridiculous that these tests are considered comparable by accredited universities. Studying for the SAT was a nightmare, and I had to memorize endless lists of vocabulary, and really learn how to get my head around the tough logical math problems it contains. With the ACT, every single math question was Freshman Honors difficulty, and the Science Section was a complete joke that I got a 36 on during a completely blind practice test. </p>
<p>As for the subject tests, Math II gave me a lot of trouble until I got up to speed, and I had to do some serious review of earlier math courses, but now I am confident in it. Biology has been a nightmare that I’ve been memorizing for for weeks at this point, but as with math, my score is finally heading in the right direction.</p>
<p>Am I the only person who thinks it’s unbelievable that these two tests are equatable? Believing the SAT and ACT could convert is enough of a stretch, but believing the subject tests can convert is complete nonsense. The ACT doesn’t even pretend to cover the insane level of specific information in Biology, and doesn’t hit on many core concepts of the SAT Math II like Conic Sections.</p>
<p>i got a 2330 on my SAT, and a 30 ACT the first time I took both. and I studied for them about the same.
to me, the SAT was so much easier than the ACT.</p>
<p>As I said, I’m willing (barely) to believe that ACT and SAT scores can convert, it’s the subject test conversion that pushes me off the deep end.</p>
<p>Like so many things it is just a different way to look at the same thing. Fahrenheit and Celsius. To you the SAT maybe harder. To others the ACT is harder.</p>
<p>Some kids perform better on the SAT and some on the ACT. Most colleges have no preference. And this year more students took the ACT than the SAT.</p>
<p>As counterintuitive as it might seem, even though I did better on the ACT than on the SAT (36 v. 2320), I thought that the SAT was an easier test.</p>
<p>Different students may find one easier than the other. There is no secret about this. One should try both (at least in practice tests) to see which one is more favorable. Since most if not all schools accept either schools, there are conversion tables (may be different from school to school) established for this purpose.They are mostly ranked by comparable percentage with slightly different emphasis in different sections. So taking both and submit the better score will help the chance of the candidate.</p>