Do colleges look at the sat the same as the act?

<p>For example, I scored a 33. Will a college look at this as the same as a 2220 (the equivalent on the comparison charts)? Or do they not take the act as the same?</p>

<p>You assume colleges do comparisons. Many do not – they know what they expect to see on both tests and don’t need to convert one test to other. For those that do, many have their own equivalency tables and that 33 might be considered a little higher or lower than the 2220, or the comparison made may not include the writing section of the SAT, or they don’t compare composite but instead math to math and English ACT to reading SAT; the conversion tables you find on-line should thus be relied on as a guide only.</p>

<p>A 33 is concordant to a 2170-2180, not a 2220, based on ACT Inc. and Collegeboard’s conversion chart.</p>

<p>It depends on the college: Georgia tech converted my 34 to a 2230 (same method conversion as Rose-Hulman), whereas a UC converted my score to a 1510 M+CR and a 2200/2400 (they weigh the writing section as 1/3). Not all colleges convert though, but those who do will probably use either of the following conversion chart depending on whether or not the writing section is used:</p>

<p>The most accurate conversion is from composite to M+CR:
[ACT-SAT</a> Concordance](<a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/]ACT-SAT”>The ACT Test for Students | ACT)</p>

<p>or M+CR+W as an estimate:
<a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html[/url]”>http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>UC says its about a 2200, but I know that others have slightly different comparisons.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.oakparkusd.org/16472073033614787/lib/16472073033614787/SAT-_ACTconverstion.jpg[/url]”>http://www.oakparkusd.org/16472073033614787/lib/16472073033614787/SAT-_ACTconverstion.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>UCs don’t directly convert from ACT composite. I used the most updated chart given on the university of california’s website for 2012 admission, which uses both the composite and writing score.
[University</a> of California - 2012 admissions index](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/applying-fall-2012/2012-admissions-index/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/applying-fall-2012/2012-admissions-index/index.html)</p>

<p>I have no idea how old your chart is.</p>