<p>ok so my SATs are not so great for the schools i am applying to and i want to know if you guys think i should send my ACT instead. I am applying to Tufts, Cornell, UVA, William and Mary, Macalester, Vassar, Georgetown, and American...(do you guys think i am aiming to high?)</p>
<p>V: 700
M: 590
W: 730</p>
<p>i am taking sat 2s in january...i know thats late but ive emailed them and all of them accept it at least if i rush the scores</p>
<p>My ACT is a 31
35 English
36 Reading
27 Math
24 Science
31 Writing/English</p>
<p>My second question is if the schools see the individual scores for the ACT or just the composite one...the thing is that i am applying as a science related major for most of these (i want to do premed) and that happened to be my lowest score...my sister says i should just apply as another major thats not math/science related and send in my ACT scores...i dont know what to do...please help! i am completely lost in this whole application process. Thanks so much!!</p>
<p>Your ACT scores are higher than your SAT scores, I'd send those. But you're really not competitive in terms of SATs for Cornell, and I think you're under the 25th percentile for Tufts. You may want to retake the SATs or ACTs or hope you are such a great person that it makes up for the low SAT scores, though the 700 CR is pretty nice. And also, no offense but you look like an English major. A 590 on the Math SAT for a science major is something laughable, and I mean that in the kindest of ways. You should take your sister's advice and then switch back over to science if you want to. Also, you don't need premed to be a doctor, but you need to be somewhat good at science to be a doctor lol. Based on your ACTs and SATs alone, you won't get into any of the good science programs. I'd retake the tests and focus on Math on the SAT and Math/Science for the ACT.</p>
<p>Calculus, that conversion doesn't really work. It's not a straight proportion. The UC conversion chart is considered the most accurate, and it says that a 31 is equivalent to a 1400-1430 or 2100-2150 SAT score. By your method, that would equate to a 1380 or 2070 instead.</p>
<p>The proportion method will give you a ballpark idea, but you should look at a conversion chart (preferably the UC's, as they use this all the time in practice) for more accuracy.</p>
<p>I would think so. Since the UC's actually USE this chart in calculating a UC GPA or whatever it is, they've obviously put a lot of work into creating an accurate chart. If you look around at other ones, they're just published by random websites.</p>