SAT or ACT

[KitchenWitch]

Which one should my son take???

[kick-ass-bob]

1. east or west colleges?

where does he want to go?

[KitchenWitch]

3. He is actually thinking midwest.

[kick-ass-bob]

4. I think they go with the ACT moreso than the SAT.

Best thing to do is check with the colleges he is thinking about and see what they prefer.

That might solidify which he takes.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. I posted below, but the major Midwest Schools...UofM, MSU, WSU...

all only take ACT scores now. Good luck to your son! :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

15. That has been the case with midwest schools for years!

:hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Not so many years....Don't age me there. Actually my neighbor's daughter

got into MSU with SAT's three years ago, I think it's only the last two that it has been mandatory.

[KitchenWitch]

20. Most of the Minnesota schools wanted the ACT 20 years ago.

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. The woman at the seminar/teachy thing this weekend said that by 2010

SAT's will be nonexistant.

[Fenris]

2. Both!

That's what I did. :)

[deadparrot]

5. Is he planning on going to a Midwest university or one of the coasts?

Midwestern schools tend to use the ACT, while the coasts mainly do the SAT, though those restrictions are loosening.

SAT subjects are verbal and math, while ACT is reading comprehension, grammar, math, and science, plus the written section.

If all else fails, he can take both, then take the best score. :)

[WeRQ4U]

6. What Colleges is he considering Kitchen?

I applied to Gustavus, St. Olaf, Luther, Minnesota, Augustana, North Dakota and North Dakota State. I was accepted to all of them and I took ONLY the ACT. It may be different now, but I didn't need to take the SAT at all.

[KitchenWitch]

7. It is early (he is a freshman)

He is thinking UofMN, perhaps one of the UW schools, St Thomas, Macalester, and Hamline.

[WeRQ4U]

23. I'd be willing to bet that ACT alone would be fine.

But you can always call the universities that you are considering and ask them.

It's not too early at all. You don't need to have him STUDYING right yet, but having him realize that this is a big deal and that it's something that he's going to have to do is OK at this point.

[Fox Mulder]

8. I got accepted into Morris with only the ACT taken.

I never took the SATs.

[Lochloosa]

9. They both are a

Bitch}(

[KitchenWitch]

11. Oh, no doubt

I took the ACT like 20 years ago, and it was terrible then.

[BlueIris]

10. Both. nt

[Rising Phoenix]

12. I took both...

then used the one I did better on...which was the ACT's ...cake

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. Head's up...SAT is being phased out. A lot of colleges only accept

ACT scores. My daughter and I just learned that this weekend. :hi:

[kick-ass-bob]

16. Only in you middle of the country folk.

I don't hear a peep about ACT here in the east.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

17. both

it also depends on what schools hes applying too...if hes going east then he needs the SATs if hes going midwest/west he needs the ACTs. but if he has both, it will also show the admissions a better student...

[Lochloosa]

19. KW...just gave this to someone else. Thought you might like it

Here is an easy and really good one..
9 cups of chicken stock
6 medium mushrooms sliced
1 onion sliced
2 cups of spinich chopped
1 tablespoon of Miso

Heat the stock to boiling, add the mushrooms, onion and Miso.

Slow boil for 15 minutes then add the spinich for 5 minutes...

Yummmm

[KitchenWitch]

21. YUMMM!

I am bookmarking this!

[JVS]

24. Both

[nykiera]

25. Mine are taking the ACT.

All of the schools they are applying to, in NY, take either the SAT or the ACT.