What are the differences between the ACT and SAT?

What are the main differences between the CAT and SAT?

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  3 major differences: 1) SAT is for undergrad studies in the US & CAT is for MBA in India. So the students taking SAT average around 17years while those taking CAT hovers in the 21-25years range. 2) SAT format is very different from CAT. You can see it here: SAT Pattern: CAT Pattern: http://www.cat2013.iimidr.ac.in/testduration_patterns.htm SAT Pattern: http://press.collegeboard.org/sat/faq#testformat 3) SAT is a standardized test. This means you will score out of a scale of 800 even on multiple attempts on the test. http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/SAT-Percentile-Ranks-2012.pdf While CAT is based on percentiles and can wary from year to year. There are other factors such as normalization which makes CAT a non-standard test. This means your score can fluctuate between years :( Arun