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What International Students Should Know about SAT and ACT
He noted that between 80 and 90 percent of students admitted to top universities sent test scores, even when they were not required.
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What International Students Should Know about SAT and ACT
Koh said students who attend international schools that use the “A-level” tests from Great Britain may not need to take the SAT or ACT since those tests are so well
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known. The tests from India may be useful, too.
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What International Students Should Know about SAT and ACT
However, students coming from other countries should take the ACT or SAT.
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What International Students Should Know about SAT and ACT
Andrew Taylor is a vice president at the nonprofit organization that runs the ACT.
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What International Students Should Know about SAT and ACT
He said the tests are important for international students because they permit American schools to compare students, even if they come from different educational
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What International Students Should Know about SAT and ACT
In an email message to VOA, a representative from the College Board, which runs the
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SAT, said the test “plays an important role in helping international students be seen by colleges and universities.
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What International Students Should Know about SAT and ACT
Test scores can confirm a student’s grades or even demonstrate their strengths beyond what their high school grades may show.”
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So if you are an international student planning to apply to college in the U.S., what should you know about the tests?
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The SAT has two parts reading and math.
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Students can earn a top score of 800 for each part, making 1600 a perfect score.
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The SAT is an “adaptive” test, which means the questions will change based on a student’s answer to the previous question.
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As a result, the SAT takes less time for most students than the ACT.
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The ACT is the same for every student who takes the test on the same day.
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What International Students Should Know about SAT and ACT
The ACT has four parts math, science, English and reading.
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Both tests are now available to be taken with a computer at international testing centers.
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For the most part, Koh advises international students to take the ACT “because it is much easier to get a perfect ACT score than a perfect
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SAT score.” Based on how the final ACT score is calculated, Koh said, there are more ways to get to the perfect score of 36.
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What International Students Should Know about SAT and ACT
For English learners, Koh has this advice: “So I'd say if your English is really strong, all around, ACT could be
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What International Students Should Know about SAT and ACT
great for foreigners, but I think for the average foreigner where English might be a little bit of a liability and math might be a little bit stronger, then the SAT may be a bette…
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What International Students Should Know about SAT and ACT
Taylor of the ACT added that the ACT has a science section, so for students who may not be strong in science, the SAT could be a better choice.
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Both Koh and Taylor say students should take practice tests from both the ACT and SAT to decide which may be better for them.
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You can find more information online, such as testing dates and locations of test centers at the SAT and ACT websites.
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Koh and Taylor suggest that international students take the tests at least one year before
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