It is Essential to Know if SAT or ACT is Better for your Child.
When I receive a phone call, the first piece of advice I give to parents is for them to send their child for a mock SAT AND ACT. It is a bit easier for me to focus on just the SAT since everyone All Around Old Bridge seems to be taking that test…. So why would I suggest taking a mock test of each?…because, having taught these tests for the past 26 years, I have watched students over and over as they have struggled with the SAT when the ACT was likely a better fit for them. I have seen others, who have done their due diligence, shine on the test that was a better fit for them. As a result, these other students were admitted to universities that may have never accepted them had they not taken the right test.
For example, a former student who found that the ACT was a better fit graduated from Emory, the #21 ranked university (out of over 2800 4-year institutions) on US News and World Report. To give you a mental toehold, Emory is among the top 99.993% of 4-year colleges. Another former student was admitted to an even higher-ranking school—an Ivy League— UPenn, after posting an ACT score that was comparably better than his SAT score. Granted, crushing both exams will only help students’ chances of getting into the nation’s most elite universities, but what about the rest of us? It is important to remember the purpose of these exams—to maximize a student’s chances of getting into his or her top-choice university. Mindful of this fact, why not first figure out which test is better?
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