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I took em. Turns out I didn't need em for the college I was accepted at, but that's ok. I may need em later on. Funny thing is, I scored better on my SAT's then the Salutatorian of my graduating class. xd lol

If you need help I guess I could try to help you.

I took them, and passed. It wasnt that hard, just do your best. I took the ACTs as well. I liked those better.

I can't take the ACT. I have to take the SATs. :3 What kinda of Math is on it? Cus' I know I can pass Reading. The reading part isn't hard at all. Grammar... meh, I guess I'm okay at grammar. Not all too good, but still. Spelling.... -shivers- I can't spell to save my life. Without goolge, I would sound like a moron. <3 Er, do they have a history part too? .-. I'm okay with history. I can't remember dates or names but I can remember some werid things about it. Usually the werid stuff during wartime, and I usually always remember vocab.

We use college as a general term for post-secondary education (though we also use it in more specific cases too). You might go to a university or even an institute of some sort, but we call it "going to college." We never say "he's in university" or "going to university." (We might say "He's going to the University of such-and-such," but that's not quite the same thing)

For pretty much all colleges (I can't say for sure all of them though), you need to at least take one of the tests. Midwestern colleges generally use the ACT and East-coast (and West-coast I think) use the SAT. Some schools require a second test though, so sometimes you can send both (another choice would be sending the SAT II in addition to the SAT). When you apply to a school, you have your scores sent to the school. It's one of the factors considered for accepting someone into the school.

It's been awhile since I've taken either test, but here's what I remember:
The ACT has more subjects on it than the SAT, and even similar subjects are handled differently. You have math, verbal (like grammar correction), reading, and science (mostly reading graphs and charts), I believe (I think that's all of them). It's scored on a scale of 36, I believe. People usually average in the 20's.

The SAT has been changed recently, and I took the older version, so I don't completely know what's different about the new one. For the older one, at least, there was just math and verbal. Verbal had a lot to do with vocabulary and there were a lot of analogies on it. The two sections were split up so you would alternate between each section throughout the test. I'm pretty sure on the new test there's also a writing part. Each section was worth 800 points, so a 1600 is the best score you can get (you can't get anything below a 400). This might be a little different now though, like I said.

There are also the SAT II's, which focus on specific subjects. I didn't take any of those.

Most people take them their Junior year of high school or the very beginning of their Senior year, so that they can have them done by the time they apply for colleges (mid-Senior year). People can take them earlier (like Fear has), but you usually do your best the more you've learned, so it's better to take them a bit later. Of course, the more often you take them, the better score you're likely to get.

Personally, I liked the SAT a lot better than the ACT. The reading part in particular hurt me on the ACT, because I don't read quickly, and if you don't finish a section, it counts against you, like on most tests (as opposed to the SAT, where not answering a question is better than answering incorrectly - they add and subtract points based on your answers, and not answering does neither). Also, the science section was pretty annoying. Overall, I did better on the SAT.

I took the SATs about 2 yrs ago, they were easy as pie... Then again, I am brilliant... but seriously, unless you are a complete dumbass you shouldn't get below average.

As far as the math goes, its nothing more than simple algebra and simple geometry... at least when I took them it was.

Did they incorporate the essays yet? If so, essays are the easiest thing ever... Then again, I'm a philosophy major, so I can bullshit forever on any topic you give me.

As far as the verbal section goes, it's half reading comprehension, 1/4 fill in the blank, and 1/4 analogies.