SAT Scores Edge Down, ACT Now More Popular Exam
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SAT Scores Edge Down, ACT Now More Popular Exam
| Mon, 09-24-2012 - 11:57am |
Are your kids taking one, both, neither, thoughts on it?
Average national scores on two of the three sections of the SAT college entrance exam edged down for the high school class of 2012, which was the first in which more students took the rival ACT exam than the SAT.
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The SAT still seems to be more popular here in NY and at the northeast liberal arts colleges my kids have applied/are applying to. I think a couple of DD's friends may be taking the ACT in addition to the SAT, but EVERYONE is taking the SAT.
The colleges DD is applying to all require the SAT IIs as well. DD has taken 4 of them. Silly girl.
That's what DD did, and it worked out great - 750-790 on all her subject tests, taken in June of her sophomore and junior years.
Sorry your DD has to take them now. It must feel like she's relearning the courses again. Ugh.
I don't know what it is for all schools, but the colleges DD is applying to - Columbia, Brown, Vassar, Wesleyan, Bard, Boston College, NYU, Brandeis - all require two SAT subject tests (some also specify that at least one has to be in science or math). I'm guessing it's to show that you're not just a good test-taker, but that you're a good student too. DS, for example, had perfect SAT scores but only got in the 600s on his SAT subject tests because back in HS his work ethic lagged considerably behind his abilities.
AP test scores aren't used for college admissions, at least not at these universities. I don't know about others.