GOOD ACT SCORE 30 BUT LOWER SAT SCORE 1900 - SHOULD I REPORT BOTH SCORES OR JUST HIGHER ACT SCORE?

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<p>I HAVE A GOOD ACT SCORE 30 BUT LOWER SAT SCORE 1900 - SHOULD I REPORT BOTH SCORES OR JUST HIGHER ACT SCORE?
ALSO I HAVE LOW SAT II SCORES ON ALL 5 SAT II TESTS I TOOK (ALL UNDER 550 ) TOLD BY ADVISOR NOT TO REPORT ANY OF MY 5 SAT II SCORES SINCE TOO LOW (UNDER 600) SO MIGHT DIMINISH THE ACT 30 SCORE I GOT.
I ALSO DID NOT DO WELL ON 4 OF MY AP TESTS ( 2 SCORE) BUT ADVISOR SAYS TO REPORT THESE SINCE REALLY COUNT TOWARD COLLEGE COURSE CREDIT NOT ADMISSION TESTING? THANK YOU </p>

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<p>Universities have differing policies concerning this question; no universal policy exists. </p>

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<p>WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING OH MY WORD</p>

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<p>It might depend on the school. Some don’t look at the W score, only M + CR. For that kind of school, your SAT might be better than you think.</p>

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<p>Most schools won’t award any credit for 2s on APs. You should check each school’s AP policy and wait to disclose those scores. They won’t help for admission either.</p>

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<p>It’s considered very poor form to make posts in all capital letters. Why did you take 5 SAT II tests without a good indication that you’d do well?</p>

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<p>You may be interested in this thread that I started recently:</p>

<p><a href=“Reporting SAT subject test scores on Common App but not sending - Applying to College - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1684707-reporting-sat-subject-test-scores-on-common-app-but-not-sending-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>In your case, I would only submit the ACT score (assuming that is allowed by the schools you’re applying to). Your SAT I and II scores would indeed diminish the ACT score. I definitely wouldn’t submit the AP scores either–they’re too low to help you. The only reason to list them on the Common App at this stage would be if a school told you to (something I haven’t come across yet). As you’ll see if you read the above thread, I ended up making a different decision, but my reason was the same. In my case, though, the scores were all high, and the difference was slight. In yours, the ACT is much better–just send that to schools that offer you a choice.</p>

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<p>The difference between your test results isn’t huge (I calculate your ACT score as equivalent to a 1980) and, seeing that you performed so poorly on some other tests, submitting the SAT reasoning scores would demonstrate that your 30 on the ACT wasn’t a complete fluke - the two composite scores are within a normal range of one another. I would also definitely submit both if your strengths differed. My son’s SAT and ACT composite scores were very close, but his English/Reading scores were higher on the ACT, whereas his Math SAT was his strongest score. We felt that they revealed that he could do high level work in all areas. </p>

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<p>Sorry about the caps typing on original post- I got half way through typing it before looking and seeing caps on so rather than retype it - i just kept going- so sorry- please don’t let it distract from the question- thanks</p>