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WHAT’S IN A SCORE?
HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE SAT & ACT
BREAKING DOWN SAT & ACT
The highest possible score on the SAT is 1,600, while the highest score on the ACT is 36. Included in the ACT are college readiness benchmarks, based on the actual college performance of students and re ected by speci c test scores. Below is a conversion chart to compare the two.
Develop a study plan
*FOR 2022 GRADUATION CLASS
Set score goals
As students enter their nal years of high school, many will take the SAT and ACT exams. Students usually take these tests during their junior or senior year of high school. While many colleges and universities use these exams to grant admission and merit-based scholarships, others are test-optional schools. Some colleges also require students to receive a minimum score to be accepted. Students can learn more about what institutions require these scores as they learn more about the schools they are interested in attending. Most colleges do not prefer one test over the other.
Average ACT score*: 19.8
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36
Receive tutoring from experienced sources
Practice time management
Average SAT score*: 1,050
590
1,600
Take multiple full-length practice exams
SUBJECTS, TIMING & QUESTIONS
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English • 75 multiple-choice questions • 45 minutes • Grammar, punctuation, sentence structure and rhetorical skills Math • 60 multiple-choice questions • 60 minutes • Algebra I and II, geometry, and trigonometry Reading • 40 multiple-choice questions • 35 minutes • Prose ction, social studies, humanities and natural sciences Science • 40 multiple-choice questions • 35 minutes • Passages with graphs, charts, tables and research summaries Writing (optional) • One essay • 40 minutes ACT
SAT
Reading • 52 multiple-choice questions • 65 minutes • Literature, historical documents, social sciences and natural sciences Writing and language • 44 multiple-choice questions • 35 minutes • Grammar, vocabulary in context and editing skills Math • 58 multiple-choice questions (20 with no calculator, 38 questions with calculator) • 80 minutes • Algebra I and II,
SOURCES: ACT INC., THE COLLEGE BOARD, THE PRINCETON REVIEW COMMUNITY IMPACT
While both exams are used by universities to help decide which students will attend their institution, they di er in: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TESTS
• Timing • Content • Scoring
The SAT
• Tests students’ general verbal and quantitative reasoning skills • Can be taken an unlimited number of times
geometry, and trigonometry
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The ACT
• Measures student achievement related to high school curriculum • Can be taken up to 12 times
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