<p>I'm a high school senior currently working on submitting the last of my applications. I'm a strong test-taker, and have been able to attain high scores on both the SAT and the ACT. I've consulted those "score conversion" tables, but my scores are almost perfectly equivalent. My SAT II scores are also comparable to my scores on the bigger tests. Almost every college on my list asks for either the SAT or the ACT--when I spoke to my college counselor about which to submit, she suggested I submit both to demonstrate I can do well on either kind of test. </p>
<p>Has anyone else chosen to submit more tests than necessary? Is it a bad idea? On the one hand, it's more (favorable) information for my application, but on the other hand, sending both when they ask for one or the other feels inappropriate (and might only look like I didn't read the directions carefully).</p>
<p>I'd appreciate any thoughts at all. Thank you!</p>
<p>I know a few years ago Princeton officially preferred the SAT. Some admissions officers might subconsciously prefer one over the other, so I would send both. If they are equivalent then there is no harm in sending both because it shows that neither of them was a fluke.</p>
<p>My son sent both to his reach school. Since he was at the statistical midpoint, we reasoned that equivalent ACT and SAT scores demonstrated they’re solid scores; not lucky flukes. </p>
<p>My kids all submitted both and everyone got accepted to college. Unless you did really poorly on one or the other, it certainly doesn’t hurt. In my youngest son’s case, it actually helped. Although he did well on the SAT, he did really, really well on the ACT. He sent both and was accepted to his first choice college. Good luck.</p>
<p>I’m not sure they “convert” at all. I should think each school has its own target ACT and SAT ranges, with separate targets for each test based on the stats of the students they’ve been able to get in the past. Their sensitivity to test scores might also be a little different on each test, based, for example, on how it will affect their US News ranking.</p>
<p>Bottom line, if your test scores are equally strong on both tests, it probably can’t hurt and conceivably could help to submit both sets of scores.</p>
<p>Remember that the adcom is trying to find reasons to ADMIT you, not the other way round. If you send both, it can only help you, unless one is really low and sticks out in a bad way.</p>
<p>Using the conversion tables provided by the ACT, my kid got more or less the same (very respectable) score on a single sitting each of the ACT and the SAT I. Sending both shows it wasn’t a fluke. I think it strengthens the application. But I’m just guessing.</p>
<p>ABSOLUTELY. You can submit multiple tests. Submit all of them, especially if you did well. It can’t hurt. I submitted the SAT, ACT, and 3 Subject Tests, and so far I’ve gotten in everywhere that I’ve heard back from.</p>
<p>Mine took only the ACT (not the SAT) - we live in an ACT-required state - but also took SAT II’s. They sent more than was strictly “necessary.” If the scores are good, I don’t see a problem with it.</p>