Even if you’re applying to test-optional schools, good ACT or SAT scores can strengthen your application and help you qualify for merit scholarships—which is why millions of high schoolers ...

For students interested in comparing scores on the SAT and ACT, the College Board and the ACT organization provide conversion charts to show how composite scores stack up. The table below offers a ...

like the ACT and the College Board's SAT, hurt students from marginalized backgrounds when it comes to admissions. Multiple studies have found a correlation between higher test scores and higher ...

The national average composite score on the ACT for the high school Class of 2022 was 19.8, the lowest average score in more than three decades, according to data released Wednesday by ACT. It is the ...

The SAT was introduced in 1926 by the College Board and uses a different scoring system from the ACT. Scores for the SAT range from the lowest possible score of 400 to the highest possible score ...

A growing number of schools no longer require SAT or ACT scores. Applying to test-optional schools is only one option to get into college without the SAT. Applicants can also consider community ...

(This story has been updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) To test or not to test, that is the question. Since the COVID-19 pandemic forced colleges and universities to ...

ACT scores dropped from 19.8 for the class of 2022 to 19.5 for the class of 2023. According to Collegeboard.org, SAT scores dropped from 1050 in 2022 to 1028 in 2023. When it comes to the ACT ...

In November 2022, Intelligencer published this story about MIT’s decision to require applicants to submit SAT and ACT scores again, two years after nearly every elite college in the country ...

Like other U.S. higher education institutions, many Ivy League colleges went test-optional in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, but most Ivies have since returned to requiring SAT or ACT scores.

One of the most prominent differences between the ACT and SAT is their scoring scales. The final score of the latter ranges ...