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Want to Take the SAT, ACT, or Accuplacer?
If you want to take the SAT, ACT or Accuplacer make sure to see Ms. Binta in the Writing Center (above the media center) during lunch or after school.
SAT or ACT?
The SAT and ACT are popular standardized tests used for admission into colleges and universities in the United States. Until approximately twenty years ago, the SAT was the test traditionally favored by colleges and universities on the the East and West coasts while the ACT was the more common choice in the Midwest.
Now that an increasing number of students are taking the ACT, the majority of schools in the United States will accept results from either test. Ivy League schoosl will accept both the ACT and SAT, but all schools have particular preferences.
Differences Between the SAT and the ACT
- The ACT is a content-based test while the SAT tests critical thinking and problem solving.
- The ACT includes a science-reasoning test while the SAT does not.
- The ACT math section includes trigonometry while the SAT does not.
- The SAT math question often combine several concepts while the ACT questions are more straightforward.
- The SAT tests vocabulary much more than the ACT.
- The SAT is not entirely a multiple choice test while the ACT is.
- The SAT has a wrong answer penalty while the ACT does not.
- The SAT questions within a particular set appear in order of difficulty. This is not true of the ACT.
- ACT tests English grammar while the SAT does not.
- The essay on the SAT is mandatory while the essay of the ACT is optional.
Mock SAT and Mock ACT Testing
The Mock SAT will be held on Thursday, April 23 and the Mock ACT will be held on Friday, April 24.Please note that previously offered dates of 4/20-4/22 have been cancelled due to lack of student registration. If your student has registered for one or both of the tests please have them report on the testing days above. Students will need to report to Room F115 on the day of the test they wish to take at 7:25 AM with a bag lunch. Testing will last from 7:45 AM – 12 PM.
SAT/ACT Conversion Chart
The SAT scores each sections of the test on a scale of 200-800 (2400 is the highest possible score) while the ACT scores each section on a scale of 1-36.
ACT Composite Score |
SAT Verbal and Math Score |
36 |
1600 |
35 |
1550 |
34 |
1520 |
33 |
1470 |
32 |
1420 |
31 |
1380 |
30 |
1340 |
28 |
1260 |
27 |
1220 |
26 |
1180 |
25 |
1140 |
24 |
1110 |
23 |
1070 |
22 |
1030 |
21 |
990 |
19 |
910 |
18 |
870 |
17 |
830 |
16 |
790 |
15 |
740 |
14 |
690 |
13 |
640 |
12 |
590 |
11 |
550 |
10 |
500 |
9 |
450 |
1-8 |
400 |
Fees
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SAT |
ACT |
Regular Registration |
$45.00 |
$32.00 ($47.00 with writing) |
Late Fee |
$23.00 (additional) |
$21.00 (additional) |
Standby Testing |
$38.00 (additional) |
$41.00 (additional) |
SAT Testing Dates 2009-2010
U.S. Registration Deadlines |
2009-10
Test Dates |
Test |
Regular Registration Deadline
(postmark/submit by) |
October 10, 2009 |
SAT & Subject Tests |
September 9, 2009 |
November 7, 2009 |
SAT & Subject Tests |
October 1, 2009 |
December 5, 2009 |
SAT & Subject Tests |
October 30, 2009 |
January 23, 2010 |
SAT & Subject Tests |
December 15, 2009 |
March 13, 2010 |
SAT only |
February 4, 2010 |
May 1, 2010 |
SAT & Subject Tests |
March 25, 2010 |
June 5, 2010 |
SAT & Subject Tests |
April 29, 2010 |
ACT Testing Dates 2009-2010
Test Date |
Registration Deadline |
(Late Fee Required) |
September 12, 2009 |
August 7, 2009 |
August 8 – 21, 2009 |
October 24, 2009 |
September 18, 2009 |
September 19 – October 2, 2009 |
December 12, 2009 |
November 6, 2009 |
November 7 – 20, 2009 |
February 6, 2010 |
January 5, 2010 |
January 6 – 15, 2010 |
April 10, 2010 |
March 5, 2010 |
March 6 – 19, 2010 |
June 12, 2010 |
May 7, 2010 |
May 8 – 21, 2010 |
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