<p>The school I'm applying to prefers the ACT, and will accept SAT but converts it to ACT scores for scholarships etc. I have a 1970 over all on my SAT, which is only 10 points under the equivalent to a 30 on the ACT, and math and reading together are over the score for a 30. Will they use the total score for scholarships? And if so would they round up to say I have a 30 since it's much closer than for a 29, or would I have to break the 1980 score to count?</p>
<p>Only the college to which you are applying can answer that question. For example, if colleges do any conversions, they often have their own table for doing so and it is not the one you find on-line so you cannot definitely conclude that you are even converting the same way the college might.</p>
<p>On other posts, it appears you may be talking about Miss St, which as far as I am aware does not have a preference for the ACT. It readily accepts either ACT or SAT without preference but simply gets more ACT applicants than SAT because most high school students in Miss take the ACT. I am not sure it even does any conversions anymore and don’t know table actually used if it does so. However, if that is the college to which you are referring, then your SAT is not 1970 for any conversion purposes. Miss St ignores entirely for all purposes (including scholarships) the writing section of the SAT and thus the number you want to try to convert is your combined CR and math score. You can find the ACT and SAT’s on-line joint concordance table here [ACT-SAT</a> Concordance](<a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/]ACT-SAT”>The ACT Test for Students | ACT) But doing so will only give a possible guideline not what the college may actually do</p>