<p>Son just took the ACT for the first time. He was asked to take them by one of the colleges to which he was accepted to see if he could get his English score up from the 650 SAT score of last year He did not want to retake SATs because he had gotten an 800 in math and did not want to get a worse score in math on the SAT. Whatever...Anyway, the scores are now online but I find I don't quite understand them. So in the English Test he scored a 32 and a 36 in the Reading. I just don't know how that compares to his 650 in the SAT's. IS this better, or about the same? Should he send these scores to all of his schools?
His total composite for all 4 was 34 (2 scores of 32 and 2 scores of 36) Help understanding how these comapre to SAT scores will be greatly appreciated</p>
<p>Estimated</a> Relationship between ACT Composite Score and SAT CR+M+W Score</p>
<p>A 32 and a 36 are both better than a 650 (see the above chart for a rough estimation). And a 34 composite is incredible, i.e. better than what a good majority of Ivy League students get. Your son (and you, of course) should be very, very proud and happy to have such a good score on the ACT.</p>
<p>You didn't mention whether the 650 SAT was in critical reading, or the writing section. I'm assuming it was critical reading. My understanding is that the ACT Reading section best correlates to the SAT critical reading, so basically your son got a perfect score on that part of the ACT! The ACT English score seems to match up with the SAT writing score, and will match even better once they grade his ACT essay. </p>
<p>But the post above is correct, either way it's an improvement.</p>
<p>he did the ACT without writing, since most of his schools don't look at the writing part.
and yes the 650 was the CR part of the SAT.</p>
<p>funny he is only PO'd he didn't get a perfect math score on the ACT like he did in the SAT. I would think the 36 in the science section would make him happy...kids...</p>
<p>Yes he has generally very good scores but his writing is not good. His SAT in the writing section was very low - 510 - it brought his composite score way down. Luckily most of the schools he is looking at do not take the writing section into consideration - perhaps because it is subjective and because many people cannot complete the assignment in the allotted time.</p>
<p>Guess we'll gamble the stamps and send these on. Thanks for your help everyone.</p>