SAT or ACT scores?

Test Preparation
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My daughter has the following test scores: 1530 SAT (750 Reading/Writing and 780 Math) and 35 ACT (36 English, 31 Math, 36 Reading, 36 Science, 8 Writing). For financial reasons we cannot submit both scores to all colleges she plans to apply to, though we will do so for her top 3 choices. Which one would be better to submit, considering she is applying to pretty selective schools? To me, 35 ACT looks better except for the Math score. The low math score is because she ran out of time. She plans to major in Biochemistry. Can that math score mess up her chances for admission? The preliminary list of schools looks like this (not in the order of preference):
UT Dallas
UT Austin
Rice
Macalester
Smith
Case Western
Yale
Amherst
Swarthmore
Any advice or input is greatly appreciated!

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I think they’re both comparable, but because she wants to major in STEM, she should send the SAT due to the high math score.

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Colleges, particularly for science or engineering, often consider the math score to be the most important and the ACT science score to be of much less importance; in fact some science and engineering colleges, such as Georgia Tech and Rose Hulman actually ignore the science score). Thus, if applying STEM, I would likely favor submitting the SAT if submitting both creates a cost issue. Note, that for Yale, Smith, Macalester and Amherst, you can submit both because you do not have a cost issue – you can self-report scores in the application and do not have to submit any official scores until after you are admitted.

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^ Yes, report SAT, self report ACT. Both excellent scores, both top 1%. Nice!

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^^^Self-report test scores to every school that allows it, why pay any money to send until you are accepted and decide to matriculate?

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Agreed @Mwfan1921, just be certain you keep straight which schools require an offical score report. Self report both SAT/ACT on the Common App and send offical reports for the SAT to those schools which require it at application.

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Self report, as other posters are saying.

A 1530 concords to a 35 ACT per the just-released concordance tables.

https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act/scores/act-sat-concordance.html

https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf