<p>I got a 1300(M+C)/ 1960 (M,W,CR) SAT (Superscored from two tests)</p>
<p>and </p>
<p>A 31 Composite ACT (essay not graded yet)</p>
<p>Should I send both? Is the ACT grade better?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I'm thinking the 31 is better...Not sure though</p>
<p>the 31 looks better.</p>
<p>The 31 is far better</p>
<p>just check the equivalancy charts
31 is better.
unless the subscores are bad...</p>
<p>You can't really have bad subscores if your composite is in the 30s.</p>
<p>.... definitely the 31, what kind of question is that. a 31 is like 1380-1400ish</p>
<p>JEEZ!</p>
<p>31 is better. According to this site, 31 is equivalent to 1360-1400 ACT</a> / SAT Equivalent - Lipscomb University</p>
<p>That is not exactly right. If you are going to convert an ACT score into a M+CR score, you should only take into account the M+R sections on the ACT. For all you know the 31 could have been 36/14/36/36.</p>
<p>that is highly doubtful, khoitrinh. </p>
<p>the 31 is better.... regardless, if she has any doubt whatsoever she should just send both scores.</p>
<p>I know that it is doubtful. I am just saying that it is inaccurate to convert the ACT composite to a CR+M SAT score. If you are going to include all 4 sections of the ACT, you should also include the writing portion of the ACT in the conversion.</p>
<p>I’m not sure where exactly it was said but I recall a quote from an adcom stating that colleges don’t care too much how your ACT breaks down, for whatever reason, and that what was most important was far and away the composite score.</p>
<p>Help! I’m in the same dilemma… I got a 31 on the ACT and my SAT grades were 1340 (M+CR) and a 1990 (including writing)</p>
<p>do you think it would be advantageous to send my ACTs, or both my ACT’s and my SATS??</p>
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<p>You may be right in principle but that’s not how most colleges look at it. Most say they use only a single number, the ACT composite, when evaluating ACT scores; that’s why very few of them superscore the ACT, while many do superscore the SAT. That said, a very low score on any subsection of the ACT might be cause for concern—but that’s going to be true whether it’s reading, math, English, or science, so looking only at the reading and math subscores could be equally misleading.</p>
<p>To use examples I recently used on another thread, a 31 ACT composite would put you in the top quartile at schools like Wake Forest and NYU, while a 1340 SAT CR+M would put you pretty far down into the second quartile at Wake Forest and in the third quartile at NYU. A 1300 SAT CR+M would put you pretty far down in the third quartile at both these schools. Under the circumstances, it’s hard to see why you’d submit that 1300 or 1340 SAT score when you’ve got a much stronger 31 ACT. But it depends on where you’re applying. At some less selective schools a 1300 or 1340 SAT might be just fine. In general if you’re at or near the 75th percentile, it probably helps you more than it hurts you to submit the score. Once you’re down into the third quartile it’s of dubious benefit since you’re actually pulling down their overall averages.</p>
<p>bclintonk you are improperly using the 75th percentile points for CR and M. They cannot simply be added to calculate the CR+M 75th percentile point. That would imply that all students in the 75th percentile for CR were also in the 75th percentile for M.</p>
<p>just submit the 31</p>