<p>it seems to me as if the ACT score is regarded much higher than the SAT score. for example, I scored a 2010 on the SAT's, which when converted to an ACT score, is a 30.5 (which rounds up to a 31). People on this site are always telling me to shoot for a 30-32 on the ACT for the schools i want to go to, but I've already hit that goal. It doesnt make sense to me how people tell me my 2010 isnt good enough, but a 30-32 is.</p>
<p>It’s because you’re rounding up instead of rounding down. You’ve already outscored a 30 on the ACT but you haven’t outscored a 31, so it’s silly to round up for you. Because a 31 is approx. a 2040 which, if I’m not correct, is higher than your 2010.</p>
<p>A 31 is actually the equivalent of a 2070 and a 2010 is a 30 if you want to concord to single scores (rather than a range) using the tables on the collegeboard website.</p>
<p>Using the percentile method, which appears the most accurate at this time, a 31 is around a 2060-2110. A 30 is a 2000-2040 i’d say.</p>
<p>The table didn’t come out right here, but hopefully you can understand it:</p>
<p>SAT (with writing test addition.) ACT composite score. The percentage of students at or below this score for the ACT (not SAT) </p>
<p>SAT ACT ACT percentile
2400 36 100%
2340 35 100%
2280 34 100%
2220 33 99%
2160 32 99%
2100 31 98%
2040 30 96%
1980 29 94%
1920 28 92%
1860 27 89%
1800 26 85%
1740 25 80%
1680 24 75%
1620 23 69%
1560 22 62%
1500 21 55%
1440 20 47%
1380 19 39%
1320 18 32%
1260 17 25%
1200 16 19%
1140 15 13%
1080 14 9%
1020 13 5%
960 12 2%
900 11 1%</p>