Do colleges accept ACT as much as SAT?

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<p>I was going to take a summer SAT class but am now forced to take a ACT class because the other is full. </p>

<p>Do all colleges (mainly good ones) like Stanford, UCLA, UCB, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, USC accept ACT scores as much as SAT?</p>

<p>Do they prefer one or the other? Do I have a lower chance of getting in with only an ACT score?</p>

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<p>They look at it the same.</p>

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<p>Take into consideration that if you choose to send in your SAT scores, the college you’re applying to might require you to take Subject Tests.</p>

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<p>They regard both equally, thankfully, giving everyone two chances to succeed.</p>

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<p>What would you guys say is good, solid score on the ACT? I know for SAT its around 2200.</p>

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<p>A 34 on the ACT translates to a little over 2200 on the SAT…</p>

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<p>33+ is considered to be in the upper range of any school in the nation.</p>

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<p>They’re basically looked at in the same way.</p>

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<p>A 34 is a 2280, no?
33 -2220?</p>

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<p>I’m almost 100% sure that the colleges that you listed would like to see SAT scores rather than ACT scores.</p>

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<p>Most schools have a policy of treating both equally.</p>

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<p>alihaq: I’m 100% sure that you are mistaken. Colleges cannot and do not practice such prejudice when it comes to standardized tests.</p>

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<p>@alihaq- that is not true at all, colleges have no preference as to whether the student takes SAT or ACT. Where are you getting your information from?</p>

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<p>If you take the ACT and say, get a 35/36 and take SAT-II’s and get 780+, would it be possible to not take the SAT and just submit the above scores to the Ivy League’s/other of the nation’s top universities?</p>

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<p>WongTongTong - you are right about the 34 being a 2280. My son got a 34. I knew it was over a 2200 but I couldn’t remember the exact score.</p>

<p>hardworking21 - yes you can just submit a high ACT and SAT II subject tests. However, if you take the SAT I, it will show up on your score report when you send in the scores for the subject test, but it won’t matter. They will look at your best score, whether it’s the ACT or SAT so don’t worry about it. My son found the ACT much easier. He took the SAT and the ACT and did well on both, but better on the ACT. He had subject tests in the range you mentioned. He did just fine during acceptance time.</p>

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<p>As others already said, they treat both equally.</p>

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<p>You may certainly choose to not submit the SATI score using Score Choice if you so wish.</p>

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<p>People on here are mistaken. It seems to me that it is somehow a common belief that colleges are held to some legal standard and that they must weight both tests equally… this is not true, colleges can construe test scores whatever way they like and if a college feels that there is a higher correlation between SAT scores and college performance in comparison go ACT scores and college performance, then what is stopping them from putting more weight on SAT scores?</p>

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<p>Thanks momfirst3! It made sense to me logically but it’s good to have some sort of back up.</p>

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<p>alihaq17 - here is a quote from the MIT website…</p>

<p>We require the SAT Reasoning Test with the writing component or the ACT with the writing test. We do not prefer one over the other. </p>

<p>This is also the case at Columbia and the UC’s. These were all schools my son applied to this year. Maybe you are mistaken?</p>

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<p>Colleges I applied to accepted either the ACT or SAT.</p>