<p>which one is better? (as in, which one should i send?)</p>
<p>2280 no question</p>
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<p>kinda depends on the breakup,</p>
<p>just looking at the numbers 2280 SAT jumps to mind BUT
if the ACT was well rounded whereas the SAT was an 800 WR and 1480/1600 CR+Math it mightn’t compare as well to a 35/36 math and cr in the ACT,</p>
<p>but thats only if your being very picky about it :), both scores are great so id send them both, but thats me…</p>
<p>it just gets costly when you’re talking about sending two scores to more than 5 schools. lol and ironically, my SAT was an 800W with a 1480 M/V
but my act was similarly unbalanced (perfect english) so it’s the same thang</p>
<p>A 2280 equates to about a 34 or 35 I believe. What are is your CR+M? If it is higher than your English + Math on the ACT too, then definitely send it.</p>
<p>submit both. it shows consistant strength</p>
<p>I would say send ACT, because <most> colleges don’t look at writing.</most></p>
<p>I would definitely only submit the 2280 if I were you. The SAT is a much better measure of ability anyway; all the ACT does is test how quickly you can work through a bunch of problems significantly easier than the SAT ones (ACT = speed ; SAT = reasoning ; reasoning > speed). Although this is anecdotal evidence, there are a few people in my class who got 33/34 on the ACT, and aren’t even in the top 10% (i.e. the people who are good at rushing through tests score well on the ACT). No one who wasn’t in the top 10% came close to breaking 2200 on the SAT.</p>
<p>@OP i sent three scores to ten colleges. send them both</p>
<p>^^^ I agree with the consistent strength theory. I have a bunch of posts about that from… last month I believe.</p>
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What dictionary do you have? According to the one I own, memorizing vocabulary and grammar rules is not reasoning.</p>
<p>does it change anything that my superscored ACT is a 34?</p>
<p>Nice one… However, even if you “memorize vocab and grammar rules,” the questions are still more challenging than the ACT ones.</p>
<p>And no redzerb, because–with my opinions aside–a 34 corresponds to a 2250 on the SAT (according to the official chart).</p>
<p>Personally, I think unless you have a 36, if you get a 2250+ on the SAT, the SAT score should get priority.</p>
<p>I was kinda thinking that. Plus you have to remember that SAT sends all scores; when you are going for Ivies/psuedo-Ivies, you have to send subject test scores in anyways, so the reasoning test will be sent in in a bundle. SAT reporting is more efficient, if nothing else.</p>
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<p>Not really. Most of the questions are fairly simple if you have the required prior knowledge with the exception of the last few CR questions.</p>
<p>W/e, I still think that “reasoning” is a significant element of the SAT, whereas it is nonexistent in the ACT. </p>
<p>(especially some of the last math/CR questions). Also, I think the Writing section of the SAT requires a higher level of proficiency than the ACT, however I think what can make the ACT writing section also fairly difficult is the format (but again, format is not the same thing as reasoning/higher level thinking – the ACT can be challenging mainly because of the format (i.e. check out the science section) and the harsh time restrictions, the SAT is challenging because the questions are… challenging). </p>
<p>By “challenging,” I am not implying everything about the tests is hard, they certainly have some very easy parts, I am just referring to the methods used to cut down the number of people scoring highly; the SAT uses challenge/more confusing problems that take more skill to answer, the ACT uses strict time limits / weird formatting. In my opinion, the SAT has a far more respectable way of doing it… and the SAT also does it in a way that measures overall ability as opposed to time management / raw test taking skills. </p>
<p>I am writing this fairly late at night, so please don’t mind any grammar errors that may be (and most probably are) present.</p>
<p>The SAT question of the day pretty much sums up the whole test:
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<p>If you think this is reasoning, then I have no further comment to make. I, personally, cannot recognize the idiomatic error, but thankfully I have sufficient reasoning abilities to do well on the ACT.</p>
<p>(d) to be.
should be “as”?</p>
<p>idioms. not too much thought required there. just good recognition skills and a primed knowledge of the language. which is still, in my opinion, worth something.</p>
<p>Honestly… the 2280 is much stronger. A 33 equates to ~2200. Although colleges may not pay attention to Writing students with 800WR scores are the most likely to get in at most ivies and stanford. I dont remember but I think for 800 CR, M , and W respectively it’s like 12, 19, 21% acceptance or something like that at Stanford. If you scored above 700 on CR and Math, send the SAT! If you got like 680CR 800M… and got 33+ on Reading on the ACT maybe send both… but really… the 2280 is fine!!! Also a 2280/2400 looks more impressive visually than a 33.</p>
<p>For some reason, at my school if someone gets a 35 or even 36 ACT no one cares but for a 2350 people are like… wow!! That’s amazing</p>