<p>I'm taking the ACT in a couple of days, but I just wanted some input. As it stands now, I have a 31 with a 10 writing and a 30 with a 12 writing. I have two questions. Is a 31 sufficient as an applicant from MS, and will my perfect writing score be considered even though it was achieved on a different test? </p>
<p>Thanks guys</p>
<p>If you send/sent Yale the scores to both tests (the 31 cum. and the perfect writing test), then they will consider it wholistically.</p>
<p>I got into the Class of '10 with a 33 and I took it four times. 29 and 29 sophomore year, 31 junior year, and 33 senior year.</p>
<p>hillier, did you just send the ACT?</p>
<p>Does Yale prefer one over the other? I know the website says no, but is there any bias? And if my SAT scores are good but at about the same level, should I send in both, or do they prefer that you not do that?</p>
<p>bump ten characters</p>
<p>I took the ACT during my junior year and sucked it up (it's all relative, I suppose). I think I got like a 690, 670, and a 610...I really don't remember. I live in a VERY small, VERY rural area of Missouri and our teachers don't even mention the SAT in passing.</p>
<p>That said, I stupidly decided to send the scores to Yale even before I was serious about applying. I truly believe that I had just sent the ACT, I wouldn't have been deferred Early Action. Just remember that whatever you send in, they will consider.</p>
<p>I truly believe that Yale is not concerned with one over the other. My personal experience confirms that for me.</p>
<p>whatever you did seems to have worked well enough</p>
<p>I must have been drunk while writing that. For posterity's sake, I need to clarify.</p>
<p>I took the SAT my junior year and sucked it up.</p>
<p>And, "I truly believe that had I just send the ACT, I wouldn't..." </p>
<p>Sorry.</p>
<p>From Yale's website: "Yale requires submission of the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT I) and any combination of three SAT II Subject Tests, or the American College Test (ACT). If you will take the ACT, understand that Yale is one of the schools that require the ACT Writing Test wherever that option is available."</p>
<p>Does these mean that applicants can send</p>
<p>SAT I and 3 SAT II's
OR
just the ACT?</p>
<p>I'm just finding it hard to believe that people who choose the SAT have to take four tests, really, as opposed to the one ACT. Am I reading this right? Is just the ACT (without SAT subject tests) enough to apply?</p>
<p>that's how I understood it and also what they said during the info session. I still find it incredibly hard to believe (after all, the only extra thing the ACT has is a science section), but I"m not complaining as I'm rather proud of my ACT score but not so much of my SAT II's.</p>
<p>Quick ACT related question: do you know if Yale will recalculate your composite score from multiple tests?
i.e. will they take the highest subscores from each test and recalc. the average.<br>
I know that some schools will not do this, and there was no info on their website. im trying to decide whether to retake or not</p>
<p>thanks :)</p>
<p>bre: You read it right. The ACT fulfills the requirement of a necessary standardized test. I'm sure if the admissions reps were asked, they would say that they wouldn't mind having SAT information as another reference point to learn more about you as an applicant. But the minimum testing that one can take is:</p>
<p>ACT -or- SAT I plus 3 SAT IIs.</p>
<p>2o_o7: Yale will not recalculate your composite score using your highest subscores. I think I asked this in an information session in New Haven. Something like that...</p>
<p>I hope this helps. IM me if you need anymore help.</p>
<p>ooh, thanks a lot hillier, glad i know that for sure now.</p>
<p>also: does anyone know anything about Yale's ACT range? I know that my score will not hurt me, but I was wondering if anyone had an idea as to how high the scores should be for them to become a 'helping factor' in the app.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>anyone with some insight into this?</p>
<p>Generally, a 32 is considered acceptable. Or so I was told a few years ago.</p>