<p>Hey lookingforwhat,</p>
<p>More updated 25th percentile scores at Northwestern: ACT=30, SAT=1350<br>
Frequently</a> asked questions, Freshman, Office of Undergraduate Admission - Northwestern University</p>
<p>Carnut (#32), one can still get a perfect score on the SAT while getting answers wrong (.25 point penalty per wrong answer, right?), but on the ACT one wrong answer is one wrong answer and you have blown a perfect score. I don't believe the ACT to be 'easier' than the SAT - it's a different test and tests knowledge rather than strategy. Too many kids are prepped for the SAT by learning 'test taking strategies' rather than flat out knowledge required for the ACT, IMHO.</p>
<p>oh, and I should point out we live in CA and have the UCs to thank for adding SAT writing component three years ago, which very few colleges utilize in their assessment since there isn't enough 'history' yet.</p>
<p>@ Sam, that's accepted...not matriculated. The stats I gave were matriculated. NU can reach all it wants, :D.</p>
<p>No, that's the stats for matriculated freshmen "entering" fall 2007. The average increased by 22 points from the previous year. The collegeboard data were for fall 2006.</p>
<p>Uh...does anyone know:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>On the numbers college give out, if they use both scores (if someone sends both) or just the higher one. (Using both would lower their SAT scores since no one sends a low ACT)</p></li>
<li><p>When people take the SAT/ACT more then once...do both scores show up on the perecentile charts the companies release?</p></li>
</ol>
<p>you're trying to compare irrelevant factors. </p>
<p>The biggest difference you are going to find is that the ACT is a rounded score, and is also reported as a composite while the SAT is given in two section scores. </p>
<p>The people who are scoring the 75th percentile 760s in Math aren't the same people scoring 760s in CR most of the time. </p>
<p>Also you're assuming schools admitted ACT/SAT scores are a reflection of some kind of formula they use to factor in test scores. It's not.</p>
<p>another reason a 97 percentile ACT may not equal a 97 percentile SAT is the college board acknowledges the fact that kids in the midwest, southwest, etc are significantly dumber than those in other, smarter areas. (haha jk ;)) But I don't think primarily sat schools look up the college board's translator whenever they get an application with ACT anyway. 30's a very good score OP.</p>