ACT and corresponding SAT scores

<p><a href="http://www.powerprep.com/actvssat.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.powerprep.com/actvssat.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>This does not seem right considering that the national average SAT score is 1538 and the national average ACT score is 21.1. What really concerns me are the higher-end equivalent scores. Do you think this table is correct?</p>

<p>Look here for a nice conversion chart...
<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>

<p>Also, another good way to compare is by looking at percentiles.</p>

<p>Sorry, forgot to respond....no I defintialy do not think that table is correct. I think it is very off</p>

<p>So, it feels good that I'm not the only one who thinks the table is way off.</p>

<p>However, comparing percentiles poses a problem. </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>

<p>The above link shows SAT total percentile ranks for 2006. The percentiles are repeated, so how do you compare? For example, a 99 can be anywhere from a 2180 to a 2400 while for the ACT it is 32 to 36. Is a 32 really easy to get on the ACT? I don't think a 32 corresponds to a 2180 on the SAT because that is still pretty easy to get if you work hard.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.actstudent.org/scores/norms1.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.actstudent.org/scores/norms1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The above link is for ACT percentiles.</p>

<p>Ya right, I got a 35 ACT and a pathetic 2050 SAT. The thing is bogus.</p>

<p>Note: Colleges have NOT settled on a Concordance table for SAT and ACT scores, so there probably isnt an accurate "conversion" table publicly available yet.</p>

<p>I will say this: I know people who have gotten in to Columbia with a 31, Princeton with 33, and Harvard with 32.</p>

<p>My intuition says that a 32 corresponds to a 2200.</p>

<p>So I would say that powerprep is off and that the Wikipedia test is pretty good. But that's just my opinion.</p>