<p>is one truly favored over the other at Cornell? or is it just my own bias that SATs are favored at elite schools in the northeast?</p>
<p>I agree 100%. They say they are considered equally, but if you have a 2200 or a 33 ACT - they will accepted the 2200 everytime.</p>
<p>I had a 1900+ SAT and a 33 ACT. I sent both and I was accepted by COE.
So I think they will always look at the higher score, no matter it’s ACT or SAT</p>
<p>I would just send both. That’s what I did.</p>
<p>Regardless of how you covert the scores to one another, sit back and think about what is the goal of Cornell admissions: why would they impart a disadvantage to any segment of applicants based on items out of their control (i.e. only taking the ACT)? They spend $100s of thousands of dollars and thousands of manhours attracting the best possible applicant pool – then they turn around and immediately diminish the value of a subgroup for something as spurious as which test they took? </p>
<p>Nonsensical, Cornell aspirants.</p>
<p>first, please look up spurious; second, what test prospective students take is NOT out of Cornell’s control; third, to other respondents- thanks</p>
<p>Both of my kids were admitted and submitted ACT scores only, with appropriate SAT 2s. We live in the Northeast, where just about everyone submits SAT scores.</p>
<p>Thnx for the correction on my usage of “spurious”. I should have said: “They spend $100s of thousands of dollars and thousands of manhours attracting the best possible applicant pool – then they turn around and immediately diminish the value of a subgroup for something as inconsequential as which test they took?”</p>
<p>get it? And you’re not familiar with vast swaths of the country where practically everyone takes the ACT and no one takes the SAT. If Cornell discriminates against ACT test takers, then they’d be pretty stupid considering every US college takes the ACT.</p>
<p>thanks everybody</p>