<p>Can anyone provide insight into this? I've heard certain colleges prefer ACT over SAT, even if the two scores are relatively similar. For example, colleges would prefer a 2260 SAT over a 34 ACT. </p>
<p>I always thought ACT/SAT were equivalent, but I've heard from some that SAT is preferred? I'm in the West Coast, looking to attend UC's, but my ACT is significantly better than my SAT.</p>
<p>Colleges that do actually prefer them clearly list it on their website; if they don’t list it, they obviously treat them equally.</p>
<p>Hm, I see. I’ve heard even though they state they weigh each the same, they may have a slight preference towards SAT. Kind of how UCs claim to be holistic but it’s still 80% grades 20% EC’s unlike 50/50 by privates.</p>
<p>weighed the same; check with each school though</p>
<p>I think it’s the same for most schools. I talked to a Yale representative about this, because I’ll be out of state at a student conference in an SAT date, and he said not to worry, that I could do the ACT instead and it would be alright.</p>
<p>Weird…I definitely remind you saying you had a 2250 in the SAT on some chance feed before?
OR am I wrong, which I might be.</p>
<p>The colleges regularly accept either and do not consider one better than the other. There is to my knowledge only one set of colleges that state a preference. The Cal Poly’s, which are in a state where the SAT predominates and is the one taken by most high school students in California, decided about four years ago to state a preference for the ACT.</p>
<p>I’ve heard friends say otherwise but everything I read on the Internet state they are viewed in the same light. I’m also in the same boat as you and have a much better act score</p>
<p>colleges who prefer one, announce it. there’s no secret preference for one test over the other. why would they keep it secret?</p>