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ACT vs SAT:
Two major entrance exams for professional studies in United States. Which one is best fit for your student? Most of the students would like to prefer ACT compare to SAT tests. Though confused about which one is best suitable for you? Here are the basic similarities & dissimilarities that clear your confusion about both tests.
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Similarities 1. Type of test: Both SAT and ACT tests are content based tests. 2. Number of sections: Both have 4 sections excluding Essay 3. Wrong Answer penalty: There is no negative marketing for wrong answers in both tests. No penalty for wrong answers. 4. Reading Section: The two tests' reading sections have become much more similar. Format: 4 single passages and 1 pair, 1011 questions each in both tests. Types of Questions: Main Idea, VocabinContext, Inference, Detail Oriented in both tests. Key Skills required: Reading comprehension, inferring ideas, identifying evidence for both SAT and ACT. 5. Score Choice: you can choose which set(s) of SAT & ACT scores to submit to colleges.
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Dissimilarities Add a little bit of body text SAT
Test Format
Reading : 65min section Math : 80min section Langauge : 35min section Essay : 50min section
ACT
Reading : 45min section Math : 60min section Reading : 35min section; Science : 35min section; Writing : 40min essay
Straightforward but long.
Test Style
Context based, based on realworld situations, multistep problem solving
Difficulty Levels
Questions increase in difficulty level as you move through that question type in a section
Difficulty level of the questions is random
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Grading Critera
SAT
ACT
Given a score from 28 for each dimension.
Score from 112, based on average of scores from the four domains
Writing, Reading, and Analysis.
Math Levels
Arithmetic, problemsolving & data analysis, heart of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry; formulas provided.
Acceptance
Accepted by all US colleges.
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Ideas and Analysis, Development and Support, Organization, and Language Use and Conventions. Arithmetic, algebra I and II, functions, geometry, trigonometry; no formulas are provided The ACT is accepted by all colleges and universities in the US & more than 225 other universities around the world.
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