<li>Is there a preference among top schools between the ACT/SAT?</li>
<li>Is a 32 composite (32science 32reading 32english 33math essay9) low for highly competitive schools?</li>
<li>I’ve noticed that the UC’s have much lower ACT ranges than SAT…does this mean anything in terms of preference?</li>
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<li><p>No, you still might have to take SATII's. It really depends on how the college use the test. There aren't that many schools that are 'SAT' or 'ACT' only. </p></li>
<li><p>No, a 32 is good score, considering the nasty curve the ACT has. It is approximately a 1400 on the old 1600 scale. </p></li>
<li><p>Don't know too much about the UC system.</p></li>
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<p>anyone else?? bummmpppp</p>
<p>The schools that I know that put SAT over ACT is wake forest(doesn't accept ACTs) and Princeton, which wants SATs instead of ACTs.</p>
<p>anyone know about UC's?!!?</p>
<p>Princeton accepts the ACT, however they still require SATII's.</p>
<p>32 is a good score check out Northwestern's data:</p>
<p>Class of 2008: Distribution of ACT composite results
Applied Admitted Percent Admitted Enrolled
35-36 158 105 66.5 21
33-34 655 327 49.9 124
31-32 908 315 34.7 168
29-30 902 208 23.1 122
27-28 636 91 14.3 62
25-26 379 54 14.3 34
23-24 225 30 13.3 18
21-22 131 10 7.6 9
Under 20 105 5 4.8 5</p>
<p>sr6622, do you know where you can find similar data like that of Northwesterns for other colleges?</p>
<p>sorry Pentasa, I really don't know of any others with such detailed information, just the 25th-75th percentile stuff.</p>
<p>The UC's have a conversion table from ACT to SAT score, so they have no preference for one over the other. A 32 ACT is equal to a 1420 SAT.</p>
<p>ok thanks all</p>