<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I recently took the SAT I, and got a 700 in Writing, an 800 in Math, and a 710 in Critical Reading. Before I received my scores, however, I registered for the ACT not thinking I did nearly as well on the SAT as I actually did. I got my score(s) today, and did okay (32 composite), but I got a perfect (36) on the Reading section of the ACT. I know most colleges accept both ACT and SAT scores, but will they combine the two? Will it look like I got an 800 on the SAT Critical Reading since I got a 36 on the ACT Reading?</p>
<p>I know it's probably different for all schools, so here are the one's I am most concerned about:
MIT, Cornell, Hopkins, Stanford, Drexel, U Pitt</p>
<p>Thank you!!!</p>
<p>Schools don’t mix the test scores. But congrats on doing well on both.</p>
<p>I am new to this website so I hope I am asking the right questions. Do many students take both the SAT and ACT?</p>
<p>Many students on this site take both, but all lot of other high school students will only end up taking one or the other. I would recommend taking both because most students do better on one than the other, so you should at least see how well you can do on both</p>
<p>I also recommend taking both，so that you can send the better one to the universities.</p>
<p>Do most students with comparably similar SAT and ACT scores report both or one or the other? Is it OK to just report one set of scores…or do some certain schools prefer one over the other? Also, what is “superscoring?”</p>
<p>No school prefers one test over the others. All schools accept either. It is OK to just send one, or both. Superscoring mostly occurs with the SAT (though some schools do it for the ACT). Colleges take the highest score from each part, regardless of when it was taken. An example is two different SAT seatings:
CR700 M600 W600 Combined 1900
CR600 M700 W700 Combined 2000
Superscore = CR700 M700 W700 = 2100</p>
<p>^^^^^^^^ Thanks!</p>
<p>If I just send the ACT score, do any schools look beyond the composite number?</p>