Simply put, yes. If you are a parent reading this and you grew up in the Northeast, there’s a good chance you took the SAT in high school and that you didn’t know the ACT existed during that time. The SAT is such an entrenched rite of passage (especially in the Northeast, where the exam originated) that many parents feel their student will be at a disadvantage if they only submit an ACT score. We promise that’s not the case. College admissions officers do not have a preference for one test.