ACT and SAT Reminders

A reminder to all seniors...

If you are planning on taking the ACT or SAT this fall, the testing deadlines are fast approaching!

The next SAT test is October 7th and the registration deadline is September 8th (which is tomorrow!) Late registrations will be taken (with an additional cost) up through September 27th. Just as a reminder, most you should be taking the SAT Reasoning test - frequently also called the SAT I. (SAT II or Subject Tests are for the highly selective schools and are in addition to needing the SAT Reasoning test. Double check with the colleges you are considering to make sure you will have all the tests you need to meet their requirements.)

The next ACT test is October 28th and the registration deadline is September 22nd. They will also take late registrations through October 3rd for an additional fee.  (And, for what it is worth, those students who will be taking the ACT on Saturday will begin to be able to see their scores on September 19th.)

To register for either test, please visit their websites directly.

Additionally, one of the most common questions I get from students is which test did I do better on or how do you figure out how the scores compare to one another.

The ACT and SAT have very different scoring scales and so it can be hard to understand it, but the companies partnered together to research and compare results from the different tests to help students and families understand how the scores relate to one another and they created concordance tables.  Unfortunately, these tables were still very confusing to most people and so they have further simplified it with a Score Converter tool. Utilizing this tool you can submit enter your SAT scores and then see how it compares to the ACT scores.  (It will also show you new vs. old SAT scores - but that is more to important to you because of the fact that those old scores are what have been researched against the ACT.)  Here is the link to the SAT Score Converter tool and more information about this comparison resource.

Try not to get stressed out about the college admissions tests... I know it can be frustrating, but remember it is only one piece to the puzzle that the colleges will be considering when evaluating students!