INSIDE INFORMATION
2023 EDUCATION EDITION
COMPILED BY GRANT CRAWFORD & CLAIRE SHOOP
WHAT’S IN A SCORE?
BREAKING DOWN ACT & SAT
HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE ACT & SAT Develop a study plan Set score goals
The highest possible score on the ACT is 36, while the highest score on the SAT is 1,600. The following scale shows the minimum and maximum possible scores on each exam as well as the average score for the 2022 graduating class.
*FOR 2022 GRADUATING CLASS
As students enter their nal years of high school, many will take the ACT and SAT 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.
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Average ACT score*: 19.8
9
36
Practice time management Take multiple full-length practice exams
Average SAT score*: 1,050
590
1,600
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SUBJECTS, TIMING & QUESTIONS
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Reading • 52 multiple-choice questions • 65 minutes • Literature, historical documents, social sciences and natural sciences Writing and language • 44 multiple-choice questions • 35 minutes • Grammar, vocabulary in context and editing skills Math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 REVIEWCOMMUNITY IMPACT
While both exams are used by universities to help decide which students will attend their institution, they dier 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 The ACT • Measures student achievement related to high school curriculum • Can be taken up to 12 times
geometry, and trigonometry
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