<p>Can anyone tell me how the ACT is really viewed at Yale? I live in Georgia where students take either and/or the SAT and the ACT. I scored 1500 on the SAT and am taking two SAT subject tests in May. I was planning on taking the ACT in June and adding the scores to my application since I believe I will do well in them as well. I will probably take the SAT one more time in October, assuming (I could be wrong) that I dont need to take a third subject test as I will have included the ACT scores. I have several hooks/passions spanning over many years with awards at the national/regional level, and high gpa.</p>
<p>Yale does not require 3 SAT subject tests even if you submit the SAT I, just 2. If you submit ACTs, you do not need to submit any SAT subject tests at all if you do not wish to do so. I assume your SAT I score of 1500 is Math + CR and not for M + CR + W? If this is the case, there really is no need to take multiple tests multiple times. Take the one you do best at and submit it. A word of caution: if you submit SAT subject tests, then your SAT I scores will ALL be submitted, too. The college board does not offer score choice. If you submit just the ACT, you do not need to submit ANY SAT scores, I or subject test and can submit the single best ACT, if you wish. My D did not take the SAT I. She submitted only her ACT to Yale and was accepted SCEA.</p>
<p>Thank you for that information. I was not sure about submitting the ACT only to the ivy league schools. I know their websites say students can submit either the SATI and SAT subject tests, or the ACT, but assumed that most applicants would be submitting the SAT since they are primarily from the northeast where the SAT is favored. I imagine that when those from the northeast and surrounding areas submit only ACT scores the admissions offices assume they did not do as well on the SAT, but when applicants from other parts of the country submit only the ACT they assume that they may have taken only that. Yes, by 1500 I meant critical reasoning and math. I read a statistic on cc that Harard or Yale had 99% of the applicants in a certain SAT range, and then it said 18% of the applicants were in a certain ACT range. That suggested that only 1% may have submitted ACT scores alone, and perhaps 18% of those accepted submitted both and were in a specific range, but I may be interpreting that wrong. It would be interesting to know that out of the percentage of students Yale, Harvard ect, accepts from the midwest and south, how many of them submitted ACT scores alone, and how many of those were accepted. I know you said your d submitted ACT scores alone. Do you know if there were a significant number of others who were accepted and did the same?</p>
<p>The Yale admissions officers said very specifically that it does NOT matter which standardized test scores you submit, wherever you come from! Last year, many of the juniors at my D heavily SAT school decided that they did not want to be the "guinea pigs" for the "New" SAT with writing, so decided to take the ACT in the spring of junior year as a "first" standardized test. Many of them were surprised by excellent scores on the ACT (my D sure was), so then figured they wouldn't waste the time or money on the SAT. It was a weird time for the school where almost ALL kids take the SAT. Acceptances for these kids who submitted ACT only were good...2 to Princeton, 3 to Yale, 3 to Harvard, 1 to Dartmouth, etc. So, if Yale says they'll take either, believe them and quit worrying about it.</p>
<p>It sounds as if your D's school and your D had a lot of success with the ACT and ivy league and top tier admissions I wish there was more data out there. I have read on cc just a few posts some thinking it was a plus, and some saying otherwise.</p>