SAT or Not

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<p>My daughter just got her ACT and, based upon the below, do you suggest that she take the SAT or leave well enough alone and focus on SAT IIs:</p>

<p>Composite: 35/36</p>

<p>English: 35
Usage/Mechanics 18/18
Rhetorical Skills 17/18</p>

<p>Math: 35
PreAlg 18/18
Alg/Geom. 18/18
Plane Geom. 16/18</p>

<p>Reading: 34
Social Stud./Sc. 17/18
Art/Lit 18/18</p>

<p>Science: 36</p>

<p>Writing: Not scored yet (she got an 800 on the PSAT)</p>

2

<p>Keep the ACT, and just take the SAT II's.</p>

3

<p>Those scores are beautiful. SATs won't help her achieve anything more. Why waste the time and the money?</p>

4

<p>I got in using just an ACT.... my scores were not as good as that... </p>

<p>Keep the ACT and do the SAT II's.</p>

5

<p>Ew? Your daughter is mad smart! I got in with a 34 Composite and 750/720 SATII scores. I'd say, use the ACT money to treat your daughter to a nice dinner or something! And your user name is quite awesome, btw.</p>

6

<p>Thanks for the advice, she is going to just focus on the SAT IIs. Her brother is a 2012 ED at Dartmouth and hopefully that's some help and we have two wearing green-- she hasn't visited yet but we think she will love it.</p>

7

<p>I got in with a 33 ACT; it's enough. A perfect score on the SAT won't show much more to make a difference.</p>