<p>My college counselor said that the schools that take SATs also take ACTs. But I don't trust him! I got a 33 on my ACt and 2100 on SAT.... Which one should I send? If I send my ACT to competitive schools (ivy kind), would I be at a disadvantage, cuz some schools don't like ACTs?</p>
<p>If a school says it takes the ACT, believe it. Why would they lie? They set their own rules; they just as easily could say "We prefer the SAT over the ACT" or "We do not accept the ACT." (In fact, until very recently, a couple of schools said just that.) But they don't - including the "ivy kind".</p>
<p>If you don't trust your GC, take a look at the admissions websites for the colleges you're interested in. Then make your decision.</p>
<p>A 33 on the ACT is comparable to a 2220-2270 on the SAT. You should just send that. ACT is actually probably regarded higher than the SAT these days.</p>
<p>To Ivy's you have to send the SAT either way, cuz you are going to have to send your SAT Subject Tests, which are grouped with your SAT I.</p>
<p>It depends on the Ivy. For example, Yale accepts the ACT instead of both SAT I and SAT II, so you don't have to send SATs at all.</p>
<p>The Web site of any college you are interested in will have current information by this fall. The other people who have already replied have correctly said that you can send either test, or both, to most colleges these days. It wouldn't hurt you to send both, as each college will consider your best scores if you submit more than one test. </p>
<p>See </p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=4198038&postcount=1%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=4198038&postcount=1</a> </p>
<p>for a little more about the usual college policy of giving students the benefit of their best test scores.</p>
<p>Most schools will also have statistics on SAT and ACT scores and what percentage of those who applied sent what test. Even though all the Ivies accept the ACT, it seems that not many people send the ACT int.</p>
<p>Here are a few examples of college score ranges. </p>
<p>The reason not many Ivy acceptances have many ACT score sending applicants is, the majority of applicants to NE Ivies are from states that predominantly only do SAT's. It is only the past few years that kids around my area in the NE even heard of the ACT, now, my school majority take the SAT once only, then opt to do ACT do way better on the ACT and send that in. Most don't even bother doing Subject II's either anymore since the writing portion of the ACT makes up for the Subject II's at most schools bar one or two Ivy.</p>
<p>I'm kind of like you. I got a 33 on the ACT and a 2060 on the SAT. Does anyone know if I have to send in all those scores? Or can I just send in the ACT score and pretend like I didn't take the SAT or whatever? Also, do I have to give them my scores every single time I took it? Is it unethical or something not to?</p>
<p>If you don't have to send SAT IIs with the ACT, then you can just send the ACT and pretend you've never taken the SAT.</p>
<p>You can send whichever ACT you want; you don't have to send or report them all.</p>
<p>There's nothing unethical about it.</p>
<p>Send the ACT score. Of course, if you take SAT IIs, the SAT I score will be sent also. But they won't really care...they only consider your highest score, and yes, they weight them equally. They don't play favorites anymore.</p>
<p>ok so say that i take the sat IIs. i understand that the college board will send my whole transcript to colleges. i'll put the sat II scores on my application, of course. so should i put my sat I score on the application too, or not?
and i took the act twice (2nd was better), so should i list both or is it okay if i don't?</p>
<p>I have read a comment on College Confidential by a student on his way to being part of Harvard class of 2011 who said that when Harvard's admission representative visited his prep school, the advice was to report EVERYTHING. His statement is that Harvard, at least, cares more about completeness of information than about having a peak score on every possible test. He summed that up by suggesting that colleges are more annoyed by attempts to hide information than they are put off by one or two low scores here and there. Perhaps other college admission offices have the same point of view. On my part, I expect my children to report all the scores they have from eighth grade on, and for the colleges to figure out what those scores mean in the context of that year's applicants.</p>