text: which test is better/easier/higher score - sat or the act? please speak from experience of both actually, that's not true.  the act and sat are given equal weight when applying for college - it does not matter which one you take.  from my personal experience - and from all the college students' applications i've seen over the years - if you're better at science and math, you will usually score slightly higher on the act as opposed to the sat.  if you're more into liberal arts, you will generally score slightly higher on the sat.  i personally scored a 1280 on the sat and 30 on the act.  a 30 act translates to approximately 1340 sat, and i got a degree in math, so i guess that proves my point.