<p>Assuming someone makes both of those two scores. Is the 36 ACT more valuable for colleges, and also if someone makes a 36 ACT do they have a better chance than someone with a 2400 SAT considering a 34 ACT is equivalent to a 2400 SAT?</p>
<p>You have it slightly backwards.
a 36 act is approximately equivalent to a 2360 SAT due to the fact you can get two 35 subscores and still end up with a 36. For all practical purposes, they are regarded as equal in college admission.</p>
<p>A 2400’s a little harder to get than a 36, mainly because you pretty much need a perfect score for a 2400, and just like Nicknicholas said, you can get a couple 35’s and still end up with a 36 composite.</p>
<p>Pretty much anything above 2300 or 34 is regarded the same. A 2300 vs. 2400 usually won’t make the final cut on whether to admit someone.</p>
<p>You are asking whether colleges attempt to split hairs in test scores and the answer is it does not occur. A 36 or 2400 is the highest possible and admissions personnel don’t sit around debating whether one is better than the other. If you have either, they just go on to the other things in your file. The debate and beliefs over whether one is better than the other is something that occurs among the high school applicants to college not among those who make admissions decisions.</p>
<p>A single-sitting 2400 is more impressive than a single-sitting 36, but when superscoring gets thrown in there it really doesn’t matter. The ACT and SAT both acknowledge that a 36 is equivalent to a 2390 SAT, but they don’t account for superscoring (so that’s open to speculation). After certain point on either test the difference is irrelevant, since the test gradually progresses from how well you know material to how well you take tests.</p>
<p>they’re equal. if you send both it will look more impressive than if you just send one.</p>