<p>Let's say you got a 2400 on the SAT and a 36 on the ACT (both perfect scores) which one would look more impressive to colleges?</p>
<p>Both. Either test is accepted for admission, 2400 and 36 are the highest you can get, and they don’t sit around arguing or even wondering about whether one high score is better than the other when deciding who should be admitted.</p>
<p>What would look more impressive is the fact you managed a perfect score on both tests. That is extraordinarily rare. You would probably make the local news wherever you live and would want to send both scores to your colleges. (But, Drusba is right, as between the two colleges would have no preference.)</p>
<p>The advantage of the ACT is that in some schools you do not need to supplements it with the SAT II so you would say just for that reason the ACT.</p>
<p>^ Good point.
Although getting ACT 36 composite in a single sitting is easier than getting SAT 2400 composite in single sitting, superscoring SAT to 2400 would probably make they more even in percentile. Nevertheless, there is probably no significant difference between 2350 and 2400 or 35 and 36 in most cases. Except for the schools that put emphasis on essay score, I don’t think one would value one more than the other one as long as you have fulfilled the subject test requirement. For ACT, the essay score is not included in the composite score while it is for SAT. Many schools require ACT with writing so they will look into that. For that only reason, ACT 36 composite may be not as good as SAT 2400 if the essay score is low.</p>
<p>So you can send both ACT and SAT scores? I never knew that because most people only sent in one.</p>
<p>^Yes. More and more students are taking both tests and sending results from both. A recent article from the NY Times comments on the trend: <a href=“More Students Are Taking Both the ACT and SAT - The New York Times”>More Students Are Taking Both the ACT and SAT - The New York Times;