Guide/06 SAT & ACT Prep
SAT vs. ACT: Choosing Your Test
How the digital SAT and the enhanced ACT actually work, how to pick between them in one weekend, and when to test.
Chapter 58 of 865 min readUpdated October 1, 2026 Preview
Every college that takes scores accepts the SAT and the ACT equally. No school prefers one. So the only question that matters is: which test will give you the higher score?
This chapter explains how each test works today (both changed a lot recently), how to find your better test in a single weekend, and how to time your test dates so you're never cramming in the fall of senior year...
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What’s in this chapter
- 1How the digital SAT works
- 2How the enhanced ACT works
- 3The real differences
- 4Find your test in one weekend
- 5When to test
- 6How many times, and what colleges see
- 7Should you submit your scores?