<p>So, I got a 1980 on the SAT and a 33 on the ACT (don't have my writing score yet but I'm sure it's high). Yet, the converter says a 33 = 2190 on the SAT. I have a 3.95 UW GPA. </p>
<p>Yet, when I look at the ACT ranges on Collegeboard for schools like Columbia and Brown, they seem lower to me than the SAT ranges. Is this because of some other factor? I don't want to lure myself into a false sense of accomplishment.</p>
<p>Also, are schools like the Ivies going to look at my ACT scores EXACTLY in comparison the SAT? Any input is appreciated.</p>
<p>ACT scores and ranges ARE lower than SAT ranges. Same thing happened to my D. Your 33 places you in the 99th percentile.</p>
<p>Check with your schools if they will accept the ACT instead of the SAT. They may however, still require SAT IIs so the schools will still see your SAT I scores.</p>
<p>The main reason you will see ACT ranges that are seemingly lower than SAT ranges is because you are relying on concordance tables to compare ACT to SAT scores that you find on-line, which are not reliable. All those on-line tables have their genesis in a percentile comparison study that the College Board did in 1996 based on 1994-95 scores. In fact, if you go to the concordance table the College Board has on its site and read the small print at the bottom, it tells you that it is based on that 1996 study. Though there are still some colleges that follow those outdated tables, many colleges today use their own concordance tables to compare percentile levels based on more modern test scores which show that a lower ACT now is in the same percentile as a higher SAT than what those on-line tables show.</p>
<p>Generally, if you send both scores, the college will chose that test it believes is the higher score between the ACT and SAT and rely on it for admission. There are very few colleges today that do not accept the ACT -- Wake Forest and Harvey Mudd do not accept it and Princeton asserts it will accept it only if all other schools you apply to require the ACT and reject the SAT. Also, as to SAT II's, some that usually require them take the ACT in lieu of both the SAT and SAT II's. Colleges that do so include Yale, Brown, Penn (but not other ivies), Amherst, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Tufts, Boston College, Wesleyan, Pomona.</p>
<p>Better at many colleges by about 30 or more SAT points. Note, tables some sites are creating now that compare ACT to the new SAT test composite scores are even more unreliable. All they are doing is actually comparing the ACT score to the new SAT test's math and reading section by using those old tables and ignoring the SAT writing score portion. An actual comparison on a percentile basis between the new SAT and ACT is currently literally impossible since the College Board has not even released the percentile rankings for either the writing section or for the composite scores for any of the new SAT tests taken since March.</p>