<p>Read title. Thanks.</p>
<p>that's a really good question. see <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=82612%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=82612</a> for more background on this topic, especially a discussion of the difference between "really consider" and "report for statistics purposes." You would think that colleges would mix and match ACT scores just as readily as they do SAT scores, but for some reason, I haven't heard of many that do (the Naval Academy does).</p>
<p>I can think of a couple reasons why they don't:</p>
<p>1) The rankings (US News, etc) only look at Composite ACT scores, so the colleges have nothing to gain from mixing and matching subscores.</p>
<p>2) Historically it was easy for colleges to look at SAT subscores because there were only two: Math and Verbal. ACT has always had four subscores, and maybe colleges have never wanted to deal with the added layer of complexity. Also, ACT has historically been the test more commonly used by less selective colleges. A question like this would never have come before there were so many people like the CC'ers trying to play an angle. </p>
<p>I'd be curious to hear more about this from people who live in states where the ACT is more common than SAT.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I have been trying to search on specific college sites, but I haven't had much success (Penn, Yale, HYP, all that fun stuff).</p>
<p>I live in Oklahoma and EVERYONE takes the ACT (no one takes the SAT unless they are "devoutly devoted" to going out of state). Why selective colleges insist on the SAT, I don't care; the fact remains that personally I find the ACT A LOT HARDER than the SAT. </p>
<p>Anyways, as far as what <em>I</em> know living in a state where the ACT is the norm, colleges never mix and match ACT composities in either the selection process or for scholarships. (Of course...this is mainly for state schools).</p>