>>>Part of the country? Wow, that has changed. In the 60s it was real clear - state schools ACT private schools SAT - no variation or deviation. Depending on which one you were going to the other was a waste of time.
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>>I can only speak to the early 70s. I was an Air Force brat, and had the option of going to college in either Iowa (my parents "official" residence) or Texas, where I graduated from HS. Iowa schools wanted the ACT. Texas wanted the SAT.
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>Maybe it was just an Ohio thing about state schools and ACT. Private schools were definitely *all* SAT in my time.

Ohio State was my "safety school" and they took SAT scores from me.