<p>Hey all! First post here, quite excited to join this community :)
I've been puzzling over my scores for quite a while, and I'd like some input from more seasoned experts! I am currently a junior in my high school, and I'm swept up in the whole college applications stuff. I've got decent ACT and SAT scores, but I'm not sure which to send in the future.</p>
<p>Here's the rundown:
I took the ACT as a freshman, and just recently as a junior. Both times I got a composite of 34, but if I superscore, I will get a 36. Is it worth it to superscore this? Is it bad that I will be using one of my scores from 9th grade? haha...</p>
<p>My SAT is more meh. I took it recently, and hope to retake it in March. I'm almost pretty sure I'll get something in the mid 2300s, which I'm okay with. The tricky part is my SAT II's. I took Math II last year and got an 800. However, since my schedule was severely messed up this year, I am taking <em>no</em> classes this year that have a subject test. This leaves me at a loss for the second subject test (which is required at the schools I am hoping to apply to). I am in Spanish, and I know Chinese, but I'd say that my proficiency is of intermediate level.</p>
<p>So what do you think? Should I just stick with the ACT, send in both scores, and consider myself finished? Or should I retake the SAT and study hard to take another subject test?</p>
<p>Thanks for all of your input! Hope you all have a wonderful holiday!
Annie</p>
<p>Hi Annie!</p>
<p>I’m currently a senior and my situation last year was sort-of similar to yours. I took the ACT once (end of junior year) and I did well (34 composite), my SAT (winter and end of junior year) was super-meh but I had done well on some of the SAT IIs (Chem-690 and Bio-760, both spring of junior year). I faced a dilemma of whether or not I was going to try to get my SAT scores up or stick with sending my ACT. I decided to submit my ACT and SAT II scores. </p>
<p>As for you, both your ACT and SAT scores are really solid! If you think you can definitely improve on the SAT and are confident you’ll be able to study and take a second subject test, go for it. Keep in mind how much time you have and don’t stress yourself out. Springtime is usually busy thanks to finals, AP tests, etc. If you feel like you don’t want to deal with all of that hullabaloo in addition to taking the SAT again plus a SAT II, stick to those ACT scores (a 36?!? awesome!!). I don’t think it will matter that one of your scores is from 9th grade 
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<p>I hope this helps you! Don’t be afraid to ask me more questions. Right now I’m at the end of my college hunt so the college-shopping experience is all fresh in my brain! If you don’t mind me asking, what schools do you plan on applying to? </p>
<p>Hannah</p>
<p>Thanks so much Hannah! It’s comforting to know that someone else was in the same boat
I’m thinking of applying to UPenn, Boston College, Vanderbilt, and Emory! I think I’m going to retake the SAT again for the NMSQT, and I’ll crank out as much as possible as I can for the SAT IIs!</p>
<p>One question though: I’ve heard that east coast colleges (which I’m targeting) generally prefer SATs over ACTs, although they never state it explicitly. What has your experience been with this?</p>
<p>You seem to be very good at Math. What I recommend is either taking the Physics SAT Subject Test in either May or June, or what you can do is study for something that most relates to what you are interested in majoring in during college (If you have something like that, and if it is different from the Physics test).</p>
<p>If you self study for the Physics test, try starting now. The Physics SAT Subject Test has a lot of concepts in it, and it is considered one of the most difficult ones to take. However, the curve for the Physics test is amazing. You can get around a 63/75 raw score and still get an 800.</p>
<p>I hope this helped.</p>
<p>Thanks Cosmological! Will look into it :)</p>