<p>I have a grave feeling that I screwed up in SAT Math this past october test.. and I doubt that bodes well for Yale SCEA chances at all. Would you recommend taking the ACTs JUST for Math? Like, in preparation, because I have never prepared for it, just focus on Math, and just let the other scores come as they are.</p>
<p>Also, the question is a bit more tricky because I am just in precalculus Honors right now. We just finished covering the trigonometric functions. (I am more of a Humanities person too..)</p>
<p>I am assuming an acceptable ACT score for Yale is around 30-36?</p>
<p>I don't think any school will take one math test for another (Math ACT to make up for the Math SAT). Take the ACT anyway since it tests in a different way. You may find you do better overall. From the Common Data Set it looks like you'd need somewhere 30 (25th percentile) on up.</p>
<p>So they don't look at scores holistically then... so if I get like 750 and 800 in Critical reading and Writing but a 500 in Math... but then a 32+ in ACTs for most subjects, then it doesn't help my case?</p>
<p>Nope- scores aren't looked at holistically. While you may be able to mix and match SAT scores, you cannot mix and match ACT and SAT scores together.</p>
<p>Now, however, if you can get a 32+ in all of the ACT areas, they would look at that. But a 32 in writing doesn't compare to an 800...</p>
<p>Hmm, that doesn't make sense... that they would COMPLETELY discount an 800 in writing SAT if I submitted good ACT scores too... or am I missing something?</p>
<p>So would a 500 in Math keep me out of the running regardless if I take ACTs and do well in them?</p>
<p>The Yale admissions person who visited my school particularly said that they DID superscore ACTs. This really doesn't concern me since it doesn't benefit that much but I clearly remember him stating that.</p>
<p>Have you tried any practice ACT exams? Do you score that much better on ACT math? If you do - go for it. It could only help if they look at it, and if they don't look at it, what have you lost (other than the fee for the test and the time spent taking it)?</p>