Dive Summary:
- Some ambitious students are taking both the SAT and the ACT in hopes of increasing their chances of admission to competitive universities.
- The ACT had more test-takers last year for the first time, with 1,666,017 students — about 1500 more than took the SAT.
- At Harvard and the University of California, Los Angeles, about 25% of applicants for last year’s freshman class submitted both ACT and SAT scores.
From the article:
... "I don’t know all the pieces of why this is happening, but I think more students are trying to make sure they’ve done everything they can. ... And for us, more information is always better."
