<p>For many schools, including top schools like Yale, UPenn, and Duke, their websites say that you can take the SAT + 2 SAT Subject Tests, or the ACT (with writing). All three of the above schools say that they have no preference of which option you choose. Of course, you can send in SAT Subject Tests and/or the SAT if you want to with the ACT. But since for example Yale and UPenn say that from whichever testing agency you use, you have to send all of your scores, if you want to send ACT and Subject tests then you have to send in all of your scores. If you did mediocre on say one of your subject tests but good on others, and have a good ACT score, then would it be better to send all your scores or just the ACT? Because if they have no preference, and you got a 36 on the ACT (just an example scenario...not me haha), then if you got some low 700s on subject tests does that mean that you should just send in the ACT? Would there be any point in sending in subject tests, if you did well on some but not on others?</p>
<p>Without knowing your actual numbers it’s difficult to say with certainty, but if a student had a 36 ACT, there would be nothing to gain from sending in their SAT scores – they had a perfect score. Colleges treat the SAT and ACT equally – in fact, last year, slightly more students took the ACT than the SAT.</p>
<p>Whether you submit the SAT or ACT, you should send in Subject tests anyway to prove proficiency in certain subjects.</p>
<p>If you send the SAT Subject tests, you must send ALL SAT scores, so if your SAT reasoning test isn’t so good, and your ACT is really good, then just send in the ACT scores.</p>
<p>@Hunt, that’s what I was thinking. Or maybe if I bombed one of the subject tests or something. Thanks for all the replies!</p>