The COVID-19 pandemic has changed students' decisions about whether to take the SAT or ACT admission tests. Students who have not taken these tests need to find out if the colleges where they are applying are requiring the tests this year or in the future. They also need to find out if the tests will be given where they live. If they are going to take a test, they need to know that colleges will accept both the SAT or ACT. Students still need to choose the test that they are likely to do better on. Obviously, the higher a student can score, the better the chance of getting into more colleges, especially highly selective ones. Deciding between the SAT and ACT was easier in the past as the two tests were quite different. Now, it is not so easy. The new redesigned SAT looks a lot more like the ACT, and both are covering much of the same material. Deciding between them cannot be resolved with a coin toss. Students need to take one or more practice tests. If they do considerably better on one test, that one should probably be their choice. If their scores are about the same on both tests, they should base their decision on the format and test content they prefer. Students can find free sample tests on both the SAT and ACT websites.