What is the differance between the SAT and ACT?

Question

Is it true that the ACT can make it so that you dont have to take certain courses in college?

Answer 1

Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Testing (ACT). Both are testing programs that determine your probability of success on a  college campus, they also use your grade point average. I dont believe that either can get you out of certain courses, you could take AP courses in Highschool that count as college credit, but thats up to you.

here is a website that lists the differences between the 2 tests.

http://www.kaptest.com/College/SAT/Learn...

Answer 2

No I don't think that's true, but here's the difference:

Unlike the SATs, you can take the ACTs as many times as you want and schools will never see it unless you want to send in your score. You will see your score first and decide whether or not you want to submit it to colleges.

Many colleges weigh the ACT just like the SAT. In other words, it's somewhat interchangeable. Some schools allow the ACT INSTEAD of SAT scores. So if you do better on ACT, you can replace your SAT.

Taking both and sending in both will be good for big universities and Ivy league schools. The more tests you take the better it looks.

But mainly, the SAT is more of a logic/reasoning test. The ACT is a fact-based test. For the SAT, there is a lot of strategy involved...test taking strategy and problem solving is what you are most tested on. The ACT is more strictly memorization of facts. So depending on which one you are more comfortable with, you will score better on that one.