SAT v ACT Geography

[Anonymous]

Why is it that the SAT is most popular on the coasts while the ACT is most popular in the middle of the country?

[Anonymous]

There are states where the ACT or the SAT is required for graduation. That drives a lot of it.

https://www.testive.com/state-sat-act/

I think many kids who aren’t in these states stick with the SAT because they take the PSAT. And if their score is low on the SAT, they look and see if they can do better on the ACT. VA requires neither, my kid took the PSAT, did well, scored a 1540 on the SAT and stopped. There was no need to look at the ACT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it that the SAT is most popular on the coasts while the ACT is most popular in the middle of the country?

I grew up in MD and had never even heard of the ACTs until I went to college with a girl from Ohio. That was in the early 90s.