ACT superscore and ACT/SAT score conversion?

Test Preparation
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<p>1) Does any college superscore ACT scores? </p>

<p>I took ACT at junior year which was required for my state. I did not like my Science score (English: 35, Math: 36, Reading: 35, Science: 31 (I sucked) with composite score: 34). I re-took it in September and just got a different score (English: 34, Math: 35, Reading: 36, Science: 35 with composite score: 35) </p>

<p>Questions:
 Should I send both ACT scores to college?
 Does any college superscore ACT? </p>

<p>2) Convert from ACT to SAT… </p>

<p>I am applying to several colleges in East Coast while a few in Middle West. I was told by our GC that East Coast colleges tend to put more emphasis on SAT scores. My SAT superscores from two sittings are: CR: 740; M: 790 and Writing: 780. </p>

<p>Questions:
 Should send both my SAT and ACT scores?
 Is there any ACT-SAT score conversion table?
 Comparing between 2310 in SAT and 35 in ACT, which one is stronger? </p>

<p>Thanks in advance for your opinion! Good luck to your college search….</p>

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<p>Just send the 35. A 35 is 99%ile, they aren’t going to split hairs over losing a point on one subscore or another. Really, at that level a 35 isn’t any different than a 36. And a 2310 can get you in anywhere. You just have to have the GPA/rank/EC’s/essays/recs to go with the scores.</p>

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<p>Some schools do superscore the ACT, but you needn’t worry about it.</p>

<p>[Estimated</a> Relationship between ACT Composite Score and SAT CR+M+W Score](<a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html]Estimated”>http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html)</p>

<p>Send all scores as they are essentially equivalent and reinforce each other. Then stop worrying about this and focus on other parts of the application process. Your scores are not a liability for you no matter where you apply.</p>

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<p>Very FEW colleges superscore the ACT by actually recomputing a new composite score. Many will say send them all and we will “look at” the individual scores, but that is different than a true superscore, IMO.</p>

<p>Concur w/descartez: send the 35+SAT.</p>

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<p>I say send 'em both. Both are excellent scores. Very few schools will officially superscore the ACT but I think they might do a quick scan of both scores and see that you’re 34-35 English, 35-36 Math, 35-36 Reading, and 31-35 Science, with the outlier here clearly being the first Science score—which they would then disregard. in other words, on composite you’re darned near perfect in all subscores. Send 'em both.</p>

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<p>bclintock has it right. All of these – both ACT and SAT – are excellent scores. One glance at any of them should be sufficient for an admissions officer at any school in the country to move on to the rest of your application. As for the GC’s suggestion that eastern schools “put more emphasis” on SATs over ACTs, there is no evidence this canard is true and very substantial evidence it is not. All US colleges have clearly and authoritatively stated they have no preference between the two tests.</p>

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<p>First, I have a comment on SAT over ACT at eastern schools. A friend of the family got into every school she applied to, including 3 Ivys and she ONLY sent in her ACT scores. She chose not to send her SAT scores.</p>

<p>Now I have a question. My son scored a 33 on both ACT exams he sat for, but the breakdown was substantially different. On test #1 he scored as follows:
English: 32
Math: 34
Reading: 32
Science: 32</p>

<p>On test #2 he scored as follows:
English: 35
Math: 35
Reading: 32
Science: 28</p>

<p>He doesn’t know what went wrong with the science the second time around. The score really took him by surprise.</p>

<p>The question is, do we send in both scores? He is somewhat concerned about the second science score as he is going to major in Engineering. Do colleges take the higher subscore from each test as they do with the SAT? </p>

<p>It’s too bad that they do not actually superscore from all the top sub-scores, because this would bring his composite score up to a 34.</p>

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<p>^Just send both of those ACTs. Majority do not take highest subscores from multiple ACT tests but they will decide which test they believe is better, i.e., they will determine that test which they believe is better and use it. There are schools that consider the math and English sections to be the most important and none that I am aware of that consider science to be the most important. In fact, two engineering schools, Rose-Hulman and Gtech, consider only the math and English scores and ignore the rest (yes, they ignore science)</p>