<p>Do colleges factor in the ACT science score when they compare it to the SAT? Or do they let the ACT score stand on its own merits? Every ACT/SAT conversion chart I look at seems to leave out science.</p>
<p>Would like to know this as well…although I just calculated daughter’s score w/o science and it rounds to the same…</p>
<p>someone did mention this on another forum, but it has never been confirmed or denied.</p>
<p>Basic answer is no. They don’t drop that - they do a statistical normalization between the two scores based on percentiles as follows:</p>
<p>Most colleges use the SAT-ACT Concordance tables : </p>
<p>[SAT-ACT</a> Concordance Tables](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/sat/sat-act]SAT-ACT”>Score Comparisons – SAT Suite | College Board)</p>
<p>From the ACT site :</p>
<p>[Estimated</a> Relationship between ACT Composite Score and SAT CR+M+W Score](<a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html]Estimated”>http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html)</p>
<p>This how the UCs convert between ACT / SAT :</p>
<p>[UC</a> Admissions](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/exam_eligibility.html]UC”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/exam_eligibility.html)</p>
<p>You should not assume that schools generally do any conversion. Some do and two I know of, Rose-Hulman and Gtech, use only math and English section to convert/compare to math and critical reading section of SAT. In fact both of those engineering schools ignore the science score completely and use only math and English (and not science, reading and composite) of the ACT…</p>
<p>drusba: i had heard that before and find it absolutely insane; the english portion is akin to the writing; the reading portion is akin to the CR portion…and I know you are correct, but it absolutely makes no sense…not saying you’re wrong…they are…</p>
<p>if anything, as the OP alludes to, it should be Math+Reading+English being compared…</p>
<p>No, the SR is not taken out. </p>
<p>ACT composite is compared to SAT (M+CR) or (M+CR+W) …depending on the school.</p>
<p>yah listen to drusba</p>
<p>Wow I had no idea about the new policy at UC schools.</p>