Originally Posted by apm221
Do any of you have suggestions about which test is better? I know they are used more in different parts of the country, but I'm not worried about that.
Only the SAT can qualify someone for the Study of Exceptional Talent http://cty.jhu.edu/set/ (with a score of 700+ on math or reading before age 13), although the main benefit of SET for us has been the free Imagine magazine.

The SAT in a few years will be different from the current SAT (see the thread "Major Changes in SAT Announced by College Board" http://giftedissues.davidsongifted.org/BB/ubbthreads.php/topics/188617/1.html) , but I have not read of planned changes for the ACT, so practicing on the current ACT may be of more value than practicing on the current SAT.