<p>IxnayBob Agreed. I just wanted to inform the kids who are trying to get into their dream school to really look at the admission data. I would never recommend students retake the tests indefinitely just because their parents have the money to spend. </p>
<p>Yes, and they have to be careful if it’s one of the “no score choice” schools. </p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback, everyone. </p>
<p>So most of you guys don’t believe that a 35 over a 34 could make the difference in a college admission?</p>
<p>I found this post useful as my son got a 34 and we were debating. I’ll have to agree that the cost beyond $$$ is more and we are thinking he could spend time on EC and SAT subj tests. </p>
<p>^Good decision. He doesn’t want to dilute the focus on the subject tests. </p>
<p>Your senior year is so easy that you will find time to study enough to improve your 34 (almost 35) to a perfect score? Good for you.</p>
<p>And if colleges get your subscores, won’t they see that you have a “high 34”?</p>
<p>No, I don’t think if you had two identical applications, and one had a 34 almost 35 and the other had a perfect score, a college would take the second but not the first. Do you think colleges can be that picky? </p>
<p>My take on college acceptances is that the colleges pick minimum criteria, and sort based on that. If they want to consider hooks first, they do that, and have different minimum criteria. 2000 SAT score and a recruited athlete is different than a 2000 SAT score and your average applicant. No college in the world will throw out an application solely based on a 34 ACT vs. a 35 or 36 ACT. </p>
<p>33 and above is 99th percentile for the ACT. By the percentiles, a 33 or above on the ACT is comparable to 2300 or above on the SAT.</p>
<p>I agree that if you do a lot poorer than you expect, retake the test. But people who are quibbling between 2200 vs. 2250 vs. 2300 are bullcrap artists - it is like they think that when HYP says “thanks but no thanks”, their 2290 is the ONLY THING that kept them out of “where they deserved to go”.</p>
<p>Think about how many hours you would spend studying, and find something better to do with your time. IMHO.</p>
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<p>The ranges provided by ACT are different, although I’ve seen charts that show higher SATs for a given ACT score. </p>
<p>ACT Composite Score Estimated
SAT CR+M+W Estimated
SAT CR+M+W
(Score Range) ACT Composite Score
36 2390 2380–2400 36
35 2330 2290–2370 35
34 2250 2220–2280 34
33 2180 2140–2210 33
32 2120 2080–2130 32
31 2060 2020–2070 31</p>
<p>More myth, this time “I don’t think if you had two identical applications, and one had a 34 almost 35 and the other had a perfect score, a college would take the second but not the first. Do you think colleges can be that picky?”</p>
<p>If you have two identical applications, why would anyone pick the application with the lower score? That’s like saying you have twins who run the mile in 4:30 and 4:25 and you are the track coach with one slot and you pick the slower of the twins to put on your team. Does not happen, the coach will take the faster of the two if all the other factors are equal. The same with admissions.</p>
<p>retake. a 35 or above is significantly better (its like a 2300 vs a 2240)</p>
<p>My point is that you don’t even have to study if money isn’t a problem. Go in without studying and wing it, why not try?</p>