http://www.homeworkhelptoday.com/2009/09/sat-or-act-which-should-a-student-take/ Where Students and Tutors can help each other out! Wed, 19 May 2010 16:31:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.homeworkhelptoday.com/2009/09/sat-or-act-which-should-a-student-take/comment-page-1/#comment-7712 Bruce Wed, 19 May 2010 16:31:01 +0000 http://www.homeworkhelptoday.com/?p=226#comment-7712 Captain Karl K. presents a lucid and informative perspective on deciding whether to take the SAT or ACT exam. I am a tutor and college counselor, and I encourage my students to take both exams as well. Interestingly, where Captain Karl K. states that students are often surprised to learn that their percentile ranks with the ACT are no different from that of their SAT results, I have found that a majority of my students actually do experience an increase in percentile ranking with the ACT. Naturally, I would not presume to extrapolate to the general student population, based solely upon my personal experiences, but this is certainly something to consider. In addition, while Captain Karl K.'s statement that the SAT is arguably a better indicator of college success than the ACT, the immediate concern for the high school applicant is, first and foremost, overcoming the admission's hurdle to college entry. For more background information on these two standardized tests, Top-Tier Tutoring has released a podcast: http://toptiertutoringmedia.com/act-versus-sat-whats-best-for-you/. Captain Karl K. presents a lucid and informative perspective on deciding whether to take the SAT or ACT exam. I am a tutor and college counselor, and I encourage my students to take both exams as well. Interestingly, where Captain Karl K. states that students are often surprised to learn that their percentile ranks with the ACT are no different from that of their SAT results, I have found that a majority of my students actually do experience an increase in percentile ranking with the ACT. Naturally, I would not presume to extrapolate to the general student population, based solely upon my personal experiences, but this is certainly something to consider. In addition, while Captain Karl K.’s statement that the SAT is arguably a better indicator of college success than the ACT, the immediate concern for the high school applicant is, first and foremost, overcoming the admission’s hurdle to college entry. For more background information on these two standardized tests, Top-Tier Tutoring has released a podcast: http://toptiertutoringmedia.com/act-versus-sat-whats-best-for-you/.

]]> http://www.homeworkhelptoday.com/2009/09/sat-or-act-which-should-a-student-take/comment-page-1/#comment-6970 Diana Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:26:14 +0000 http://www.homeworkhelptoday.com/?p=226#comment-6970 I was a teacher and now own my own tutoring business. I recommend to all my students to take both the ACT and the SAT as that is what I did and it seemed to be the ticket. As far as my opinion is stated although I do believe they should take both. The ACT always seems to be easier for most students. I believe it is the way the questions are worded. From what I have seen the questions on the ACT cater to a younger less intense audience. I was a teacher and now own my own tutoring business. I recommend to all my students to take both the ACT and the SAT as that is what I did and it seemed to be the ticket. As far as my opinion is stated although I do believe they should take both. The ACT always seems to be easier for most students. I believe it is the way the questions are worded. From what I have seen the questions on the ACT cater to a younger less intense audience.

]]> http://www.homeworkhelptoday.com/2009/09/sat-or-act-which-should-a-student-take/comment-page-1/#comment-6832 Tutoring services Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:27:04 +0000 http://www.homeworkhelptoday.com/?p=226#comment-6832 The ACT has a science section which some people tend to score well on. If science is your strong point, take the ACT. The ACT has a science section which some people tend to score well on. If science is your strong point, take the ACT.

]]> http://www.homeworkhelptoday.com/2009/09/sat-or-act-which-should-a-student-take/comment-page-1/#comment-5782 Anton Lebedev Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:02:51 +0000 http://www.homeworkhelptoday.com/?p=226#comment-5782 Take both exams and send in the better scores. Take both exams and send in the better scores.

]]> http://www.homeworkhelptoday.com/2009/09/sat-or-act-which-should-a-student-take/comment-page-1/#comment-5218 Michael A. Rivera Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:06:47 +0000 http://www.homeworkhelptoday.com/?p=226#comment-5218 Captain Karl K. presents a lucid and informative perspective on deciding whether to take the SAT or ACT exam. I am a tutor and college counselor, and I encourage my students to take both exams as well. Interestingly, where Captain Karl K. states that students are often surprised to learn that their percentile ranks with the ACT are no different from that of their SAT results, I have found that a majority of my students actually do experience an increase in percentile ranking with the ACT. Naturally, I would not presume to extrapolate to the general student population, based solely upon my personal experiences, but this is certainly something to consider. In addition, while Captain Karl K.'s statement that the SAT is arguably a better indicator of college success than the ACT, the immediate concern for the high school applicant is, first and foremost, overcoming the admission's hurdle to college entry. For more background information on these two standardized tests, Top-Tier Tutoring has released a podcast: http://toptiertutoringmedia.com/act-versus-sat-whats-best-for-you/. Captain Karl K. presents a lucid and informative perspective on deciding whether to take the SAT or ACT exam. I am a tutor and college counselor, and I encourage my students to take both exams as well. Interestingly, where Captain Karl K. states that students are often surprised to learn that their percentile ranks with the ACT are no different from that of their SAT results, I have found that a majority of my students actually do experience an increase in percentile ranking with the ACT. Naturally, I would not presume to extrapolate to the general student population, based solely upon my personal experiences, but this is certainly something to consider. In addition, while Captain Karl K.’s statement that the SAT is arguably a better indicator of college success than the ACT, the immediate concern for the high school applicant is, first and foremost, overcoming the admission’s hurdle to college entry. For more background information on these two standardized tests, Top-Tier Tutoring has released a podcast: http://toptiertutoringmedia.com/act-versus-sat-whats-best-for-you/.

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