<p>First, please clarify if I'm wrong but the current Penn admissions policy is that you can send in either an SAT reasoning with 2 subject tests OR the ACT.</p>
<p>Am I disadvantaged if I only send in SAT reasoning and my ACT?</p>
<p>That HAS broken policy. Two things:</p>
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<li><p>It is either ACT or SAT + 2 Subject Tests. That means, if you send the SAT, you need the subject tests, too. </p></li>
<li><p>Have you taken both exams (that is SAT and ACT)? If so, you must send ALL scores. Basically, if you take the test and get a score for it, you MUST send it to Penn Admissions. Do the right thing----I took the SAT & ACT three times, and many subject tests. I sent every single one of them—good karma. And my SAT score went up 200 points, so don’t be concerned about a “huge increase” looking bad—quite the opposite will occur, actually! :)</p></li>
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<p>So far though I’ve only taken SAT (2370)and ACT (35), no subject tests so could I just send those?</p>
<p>My understanding of the policy is that you can just send those two scores, if those are the only tests you took, although I would recommend that you check with admissions directly to verify this.</p>
<p>The catch is that many of the schools that compete with Penn for students do require SAT subject tests, regardless of whether you have send ACT scores. Thus, if even one school you plan on applying to requires SAT subject tests, then you’ll have to take them, at which point you’ll have to send the scores to Penn.</p>
<p>@canadian2013: Yes, if those are the only two tests you’ve taken (that is, 1 administration of the SAT and 1 administration of the ACT), then you send just those two. But, since it is SAT + Subject Tests or ACT + Writing, the ACT will be your “official” score on the application profile.</p>