<p>I think the 2200 > 2190, especially since it goes into the twenty-two hundreds, but I should also be well-rounded in all categories, and a reading score below 700 would be bad to show. Which do you recommend I use for my UC application?</p>
<p>Also, I got a 36 in reading for the ACT, along with a 35 composite score. But that is besides the point.</p>
<p>the first 1, it’s 2210 not 2190 which is more than the 2nd 1. Besides the reading section is more important than the writing section. Even if it was 2190 compared to the 2200 i’d still choose that 1 as the reading section is more important and you have 700+ in all 3 sections. Nobody cares about 10 more in writing.</p>
<p>@somefish254:
I have no idea why you’re even asking any questions about the SAT. The answer is simple…your SAT scores don’t matter at all.</p>
<p>If you took the ACT plus Writing and you posted a composite score of 35, that is roughly equivalent to a 2330 on the SAT. Submit your ACT score ONLY.</p>
<p>If I could edit posts in this forum, I would. The first test has a Writing score of 730, with a total of 2190.</p>
<p>Is it a good idea to submit ACT scores ONLY? I feel deep down within my heart that SAT scores are more… official.</p>
<p>007Science said “Even if it was 2190 compared to the 2200 i’d still choose that 1 as the reading section is more important and you have 700+ in all 3 sections. Nobody cares about 10 more in writing.” </p>
<p>What matters more? 700+ in all three sections, or 30 more in writing (and a total score of 2200)? I feel as if the 2200 would potentially put me above a cut-off.</p>
<p>You may feel that way “deep down within [your] heart,” but it simply ain’t so. And what matters, of course, is that the admissions committees of American universities and colleges don’t feel that way at all. As long as you took ACT with writing, just send that.</p>
<p>700+ in all three sections matters more. When colleges and universities report students’ SAT scores (e.g., in Common Data Sets), they report them by section, and not by the total top-line score. I know that students think in terms of 2100 and 2200, but colleges really don’t so much.</p>
<p>Would it hurt the application to send both the SAT (I agree the 1st one) AND the ACT?? Because that is what we did. DD had already selected to have the SAT sent to the UCs, then decided to try the ACT and did much better. (1930 vs 33). Also, I hear it all the time at our school, from students and their parents, that a high SAT score is much better than a high ACT score. I’m hoping they’re wrong!! My other child had a high ACT on her 1st try so I told her
she didn’t even have to take the SAT. The other parents are shocked at me. Of course, if
she gets a high PSAT, then we might have to take it later to qualify, but not really expecting that.</p>
<p>For all schools, the ACT is a no-brainer. Of course, some colleges will still require Subject Tests. In which case, send all. (No college is gonna care about your SAT tests with that 35 staring at them.)</p>
<p>For UC, you must send all scores – no ScoreChoice. But if you were to choose, the 2190 is “better” for UC since it is 700+ across the board. (btw: UC doesn’t weight test scores as heavily as GPA, and everything starting with a “7” just looks better.)</p>
As a point of clarification…
This only pertains to applicants who are using their SAT scores to apply to UC schools.
If an applicant submits ACT plus Writing scores, then every ACT score should be submitted. It’s apparent that the admissions committee wants to see the entire SAT or ACT score trajectory of the applicant. </p>
<p>An applicant who has taken both SAT and ACT tests but would like to submit ACT test score(s) in order to fulfill the UC application requirement…may submit only the ACT scores.</p>
<p>With scores that close, it won’t matter. Anyone who thinks top schools are so blind to consider scores apart by 20 or 30 points “different” is fooling themselves. Focus on the essays and showing you want to go to the schools.</p>
<p>Many schools will consider ACT or SAT, and certainly admissions at top schools know that people “have bad days” and will not penalize any lower scores. Even above 2000 at all will get consideration at many top schools, and you are niggling about tens of points in the 2200 range (let alone your ACT score).</p>
<p>Look at the 25th/75th percentile scores at the schools you are targeting. And one more thing, some schools will use SAT scores for scholarships but not ACT scores. You should look up the situation at individual schools, but then again, you could always send scores later.</p>
<p>It would be very strange, indeed, if a college admitted a student based on ACT scores and then said: “Sorry, you’ve been excluded from consideration for our pool of merit scholarships because you haven’t submitted an SAT score.” Translation: The ACT score was good enough for generating an admissions decision…but not good enough for scholarship determination. That makes very little sense.</p>
<p>For applicants submitting ACT scores, schools would probably just convert the ACT to an SAT score-equivalent.</p>
<p>Some schools may want to see all scores. If you are submitting SAT2 scores anyway, why not include the SAT1 as well. Your ACT is clearing better than SAT1. Nevertheless, there is really not much a difference between the 2 SAT1 attempts that you don’t even need to do score choice at all. If you are sending in SAT scores, send it both. It is the same cost.</p>