<p>If a school does not require but recommends SAT II's, would sending an ACT score fulfill that? I know that you can send ACT in lieu of SAT II to required schools, but would recommended schools have the same effect?</p>
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<p>Generally those colleges which “recommend” but do not require SAT IIs recommend that they be submitted even if you submit ACT.</p>
<p>Problem is I am completely dissatisfied with my SAT 2’s. So would sending ACTs be any consolation?</p>
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<p>The ACT is nothing like the SAT IIs. The ACT tests general knowledge and critical thinking skills akin to the SAT. The SAT II tests your knowledge in very specific subjects. </p>
<p>I highly question whether the ACT would be an effective substitute or that the adcoms would even be aware of what you’re attempting to accomplish.</p>
<p>Sentiment is right. The ACT would just be viewed as a replacement for the SAT I, not the SAT II.</p>
<p>^then why do colleges like penn take the ACT in lieu of SAT + subject tests?</p>
<p>@Sentiment: Most schools that require SAT II’s accept ACTs instead. This is why I’m asking…</p>
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Source please?
I think most people would agree with that sentimentGX4 said. ACT is in line with SAT, and not SAT II.</p>
<p>But it could be the science section (and better Math section) that makes ACT comparable to the SAT II subject tests.</p>
<p>Yale accepts the ACT alone in lieu of SAT I and SAT IIs. So does Penn, so does Brown. So at least some elite colleges treat the ACT as the equivalent of SAT I + SAT II.</p>
<p>As for colleges that only “recommend” (but do not require) SAT IIs, it’s harder to say. Clearly since they don’t REQUIRE SAT IIs, your application won’t be thrown out if you don’t submit them—just as a candidate who submits the SAT I but not SAT IIs will not be automatically rejected at these schools. But if you don’t submit SAT IIs, it’s only reasonable for the adcom to surmise that you didn’t do especially well on them. And it can’t help you not to submit them; it probably hurts your file a little. So you probably just need to make a judgment: which will hurt your file more, not submitting SAT IIs (which will leave the acom wondering and somewhat skeptical), or submitting some SAT II scores that you’re not proud of (which will give the adcom greater certainty as to how to evaluate your file)?</p>
<p>Any chance you can re-take some SAT IIs and get better scores?</p>
<p>I believe in all those cases it is ACT WITH Writing.</p>
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<p>For outreach?</p>
<p>1) Colleges know that the ACT is predominant in the midwest; heck, some states even require and pay for it during class time. Thus, by accepting ACT+W in lieu of SAT+ST’s, top colleges ensure that they receive applications from top kids who otherwise might have just been considering their public Uni.</p>
<p>2) ST’s require more income to pay for the tests.</p>
<p>3) ST’s can eliminate highly qualified URM’s.</p>
<p>(The Univ of California no longer requires ST’s bcos of the last two items.)</p>
<p>There have been several posters on cc who have been accepted at Yale on ACT alone. OTOH, I would not recommend applying to Georgetown without ST’s.</p>
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<p>Yes, of course, but this is pretty much standard at any of the more-selective to highly-selective colleges that accept the ACT, whether or not they require SAT IIs in addition.</p>