<p>The ACT is unquestionably more difficult time wise. Nothing can compare to the reading section of any test I’ve ever taken. I remember the first time I took the ACT I was on reading question 29 when the proctor called “5 minutes left” and I hadn’t even started reading the last passage yet. lol needless to say I got a 25 on the reading in that section but my 34 science and other good scores brought me up; still was really ****ed though.</p>
<p>really??! CC censors “pi ssed”? wow this is new. ^</p>
<p>Whoa. People think the ACT is “easier?” Does that mean that if they were to take both the SAT and ACT with no preparation, they would score higher than they would on the SAT (using those concordance tables)?</p>
<p>Whether or not it’s easier, winging it is definitely not a bad idea. I took it with 0 prep and 0 stress because I was already happy with my SAT score, but had happened to sign up for the ACT already. I had no idea what was on the ACT (the layout surprised me, and I didn’t figure out the trick to science until about halfway through…) and ended up doing extremely well and surpassing my SAT score by a lot. Bottom line: it might be better to try it without preparation first, as it might reduce your stress and the time you spend over-analyzing questions.</p>
<p>yeah you can wing it easy. Just look at the science section once or twice before actually going to take it. some people get lost and confused the first time they try it.</p>
<p>Memorize how much time you have for each section and try to break it up into x minutes per passage and x seconds per question or something. Other than one practice test, that’s all I did for preparation and I received a 31.</p>
<p>I found the ACT questions to be much easier than the SAT questions. The amount of time for the science and reading sections, however, killed my composite score (had a 35 on both English and Math…)</p>