<p>I checked lots of websites of schools and most of them say they don't have any preference to either test. But I heard someone saying that a HIGH ACT won't work as well as a HIGH SAT to top colleges,especially Ivies. I am totally confused :( I am doing better in ACT than in SAT..Is it true that SAT is better for Ivies?</p>
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<p>Between now and the time you move into your freshman dorm, you will hear a lot of people saying a lot of stupid…um, nonsense.</p>
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<p>No, it is not true. All four-year colleges in the country accept both. No four-year college says it has a preference for one test over another because no college has such a preference.</p>
<p>A lot of things about admissions at highly selective colleges are unpredictable. But this much I guarantee: Ivies and their peers are not running a secret guessing game to determine which applicants are the best mind-readers. Take them at their word.</p>
<p>They’re about even. This table is widely used when comparing the tests:
[SAT-ACT</a> Conversion chart](<a href=“http://teachers.sduhsd.k12.ca.us/lccounseling/sat-act_conversion_chart.htm]SAT-ACT”>http://teachers.sduhsd.k12.ca.us/lccounseling/sat-act_conversion_chart.htm)</p>
<p>The ACT is just as good as the SAT. Don’t listen to those people who tell you differently.</p>
<p>If I wanna get 35 in ACT, and I can get 36 on Math, how many points should I get in other parts??</p>
<p>No offense, but if you’re so good at math, then you should be able to figure that out easily. It’s a simple math problem.</p>
<p>All they do is average your four subscores and round to the nearest whole number.</p>
<p>@mathmaniac11 - If it’s so simple, then you should’ve solved it in the time you took to make that post.</p>
<p>To get a 35 on the ACT with a 36 in math, you would need at least a 34 in everything else.</p>
<p>I did solve it in the time it took to make that post. I was just saying…</p>
<p>It’s really not that hard…</p>
<p>^ whatever. </p>
<p>THIS IS A THEORY: The question of whether the ACT or the SAT is better (they’re equal) arises from how people interpreted each test; specifically in the aspect of scoring. The quessing penalty that the SAT has, causes some unluckly (a.k.a. dumb) testakers to score in the negative but still recieve score above the absolute minimum. People seeing this would be reminded of that “mean-old” super-hard elementary school teacher who gave little Billy in the back of the class a negative 74 on his test (Poor Billy recieved a FFF- in the 2nd grade but later became the most successful person no one knew about). Compared to the ACT which has no guessing penalty, this controversy has arisen. :)</p>