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The SAT vs ACT preference map on Wikipedia is something I had not seen before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SAT-ACT-Preference-Map.svg https://en.wikiped
by buildsjets 4mo ago
The SAT vs ACT preference map on Wikipedia is something I had not seen before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SAT-ACT-Preference-Map.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SAT-ACT-Preference-Map.sv...
- OkayPhysicist 4mo agoI took both (since I could just use whichever I scored better on for applications), and the ACT is a much less miserable format. The test is broken up into much larger time chunks, meaning I could take a more useful nap after finishing a 50 minute section in 20 minutes than I could finishing a 20 minute section in 8. Difficulty wise, the ACT was easier, but not by a lot. They seemed to have pretty similar predictive strengths, based on percentiles of people I knew lining up between the two, but obviously the ACT loses precision because of how coarsely it's scored.
- tjwebbnorfolk 4mo agoIn Virginia, I had never heard of the ACT until I got to college