<p>Is a 36 composite on the ACT as pretigious as a 1600 or 2400 on the SAT? How will northeastern colleges (Ivies) look at it in comparison?</p>
<p>yes...a perfect is perfect</p>
<p>I'm not so sure, I'm sort of "in-between," because some would argue that it is more difficult to get a 36 on the ACT than a 1600/2400 on the SAT since a lot of the ACT is "knowledge-based" (ie the science section, trig on the math section).</p>
<p>On the other hand, the SAT has its own difficulties. IMO I think I'd rather say I got a 36 than a 2400, especially because many midwestern schools prefer the ACT.</p>
<p>The Science section is only knowledge-based if you have prior knowledge of the subject at hand. If you don't, it is Critical Reading with a Science flavor</p>
<p>I'd take the 36. It's more rare, and harder to attain</p>
<p>Even if you're only applying to schools in the northeast? Some ivies even specifically state that they prefer SATs. Being from CT, it seems that most people don't really care about the ACTs. I'm just trying to understand how much of an accomplishment it is that I received a 36 and how I should use it in applying to Ivies.</p>
<p>the only reason the 36 is more rare is because the act is in the minority with test takers...</p>
<p>Mathematically, getting a 36 is easier than a 2400 - I mean - the range of equivalent scores is much greater. I'd take a 2400 any day.</p>
<p>% wise a 36 is still more rare</p>
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<li>Generally the SAT is considered the mother of all standardized tests. A 36 is impressive, but a perfect on what is supposed to be an amptitude test looks better than on a knowledge based test. </li>
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<p>What would you rather say to your kid:
"Hey junior, your daddy got a perfect SAT."
"Hey junior, your daddy got a perfect ACT."</p>
<p>I like the former.</p>
<p>"% wise a 36 is still more rare"</p>
<p>imo, thats perhaps also due to a lot of kids prefering the perfect SAT to the perfect ACT. I know many kids who scored a 34 or 35 and were happy, but retook the SAT several times to get to the top score. Also, the average and less than average student (especially in the midwest) might prefer to take the ACT as well.</p>
<p>With the SAT now including writing, there's a good chance that 2400s might be as rare as 36s, if not more.</p>
<p>I'd take a 2400.</p>
<p>Is a 36 composite on the ACT as pretigious as a 1600 or 2400 on the SAT? How will northeastern colleges (Ivies) look at it in comparison?</p>
<p>It's more prestigious simply because only about 80 ppl out of about 1.2 million test takers get a perfect 36. </p>
<p>Compare that to the 900+ who get a perfect 1600 out of about 1.4 million test takers.</p>
<p>A 36 isn't guaranteed admission tho, but it is as good as it gets. I recall seeing a guy on the Harvard board w/ a 36 that got rejected.</p>
<p>36 is better</p>
<p>I think both a 2400/1600 AND a 36 are impressive.</p>
<p>With that said, I think that the colleges really do look at the SATs as a more prestigious test. It may be more rare to see a 36ACT score (which I applaud you on- Good job!) but this is only because majority of the student population takes the SATs, and a much smaller number take the ACTs.</p>
<p>You say percent wise it's harder to get a 36. I think that's because many have SAT tutors and go to SAT classes, whereas the ACTs are normally taken without a tutor (in my area, at least...)</p>
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<li><p>Except for a few colleges that will not take one test or the other, all colleges accept the ACT or SAT and have long ago done away with any belief that one is more prestigious than the other. The ACT has some advantages over the SAT because there are a number of colleges that usually require SAT II's but will accept the ACT in lieu of both the SAT and SAT II's (examples: Yale, Penn, Brown, Hopkins, Duke, Tufts, Amherst, Vassar, Pomona) and thus you can avoid taking the SAT II's if you score high on the ACT. </p></li>
<li><p>A perfect ACT and a perfect SAT are considered the same. College admissions personnel do not get into discussions like a 36 is better or worse than a 2400 or whether a higher percentage nationally maxed the ACT or SAT. They couldn't care less when making an admission decision; a max is a max -- which, of course, does not guarantee admission to top colleges.</p></li>
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<p>I side with drusba... Well put. A perfect score on the ACT and a perfect score on the SAT are equivalent as far as most schools go..</p>
<p>Is a 36 ACT as good as a 4000 SATI/II combo?</p>