<p>Should i only pick one of these to submit or should i submit both when i apply this coming fall. I'll be applying to schools like: Fordham, BC, Georgetown, Columbia...</p>
<p>ACT (took only once)
32 Composite
-35 reading
-32 math
-30 science
-32 english
-(9 essay)</p>
<p>SAT(took twice)
-2250 Overall
-740 Math
-750 CR
-760 Writing
-(12 essay)</p>
<p>also, the ACT's not worth taking a second time is it?</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>2250 is about equal to a 34, so i'd say go with the SAT.</p>
<p>Yes, the ACT is worth taking a second time. The great thing about the ACT is that you get to select the scores you want to send. When you send your SAT scores, they see every score on every SAT or SAT II test that you ever took. For the ACT, they only see the scores of the sitting that you choose to send. Therefore, if you take it again and get a lower score, you can send the higher one. If you do better, they never have to see the lower one. My son took it twice and went from a 32 to a 34.</p>
<p>easily the sat</p>
<p>go with SAT
sometimes colleges think that kids use the ACT as an easy escape and can much look down on that-even if they're equal.</p>
<p>SAT's better, especially the essay (but what can I say? I only got an 8.)</p>
<p>SAT.
Even when the score "match up" according to conversion charts, the SAT looks better, as colleges know that the conversions aren't direct as those charts make them seem, since they assume the ACT and SAT have the same test-taker pool, which they do not.</p>
<p>S Snack: What's the difference between the test pools besides the typical geographical disparity?</p>
<p>SAT is a better score, though you can easily do better on the ACt.</p>
<p>Optimization:
In most cases (though not in some regions), the SAT is taken first and the ACT is used as a "back-up" test if a student doesn't receive the score they want. Therefore, top scorers on the SAT rarely take the ACT. Thus, being in the top 1% on the ACT is different than being in the top 1% (2200+) on the SAT.</p>
<p>S Snack: That is silly. The ACT is the primary test given to students in the middle part of the country. There are more ACT test takers than SAT takers in about 20 states. In my state only about 7% of students take the SAT at all and many of them are top ACT scorers. More and more students outside of the midwest are taking the ACT because of the problems that College Board has had with tests recently. Also, since most schools will now accept the ACT with writing in lieu of SAT II scores, people are seeing the ACT as a way to get all of their testing out of the way at once. </p>
<p>Colleges do not look down on the ACT or see it as inferior to the SAT. They test somewhat different things but that does not make one test superior to the other.</p>