2400 relative to ACT scores

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<p>I've heard people say that less people get 36's on the ACTs than get 2400's on the SATs.</p>

<p>Would it follow that a 35 on the ACT could still be seen by colleges as equivalent to a 2400 on the SAT?</p>

<p>Or is it just that competitive colleges seem to require the SAT, so all the smartest kids don't take the ACT?</p>

<p>In general, how do the scores equate?</p>

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<p>I'm not sure...
but I think a 2400 sounds a lot better than a 36.</p>

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<p>A 35 is not equivalent to a 2400. </p>

<p>And in actuality, a true 36 (as in 36/36/36/36) is probably MUCH rarer than a 2400 on the SAT, but just a 36 on the ACT is probably about the same percentage wise.</p>

<p>Here is a link to a conversion table, located towards the middle of the page:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACT_%28examination%29%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACT_%28examination%29&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thanks very much. That chart is interesting... it seems to me it would be a lot easier to get a 35 than a 2340-2390, but oh well.</p>

<p>The fact that the same page says 34-36 is the 100th percentile makes it a little less than credible, though, lol.</p>

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<p>IDK</p>

<p>most people do not talk about how the ACT encompasses more subject matter than the SAT--or so I believe (besides vocab)</p>

<p>the science section can really hurt some kids </p>

<p>I got a 30 composite
but had
34 math
33 rdg
29 eng
25 sci
and a 6 on my essay (but it doesn't affect my composite score)</p>

<p>straight 36's > 2400 in my mind
why can't SAT math/verbal be compared directly to ACT math/rdg subscores?</p>

<p>example: my 33/34 would be compared to about a 1500 SAT</p>

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<p>"100th percentile"
never seen that reported before on a standarized test score sheet</p>

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<p>well, that's because about 2000 out of 1.2 mil got a 35 or 36 which is .001667% xP so I guess it would pretty much be in the 100th percentile..</p>

<p>only about 200 got a perfect 36</p>

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<p>Here are the links: </p>

<p><a href="http://www.act.org/news/data/06/pdf/National2006.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.act.org/news/data/06/pdf/National2006.pdf&lt;/a> </p>

<p>(table 2.1) </p>

<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/SATPercentileRanksCompositeCR_M_W.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/SATPercentileRanksCompositeCR_M_W.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>