SAT vs. ACT in admissions

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<p>I'm a jr from CT and got a 2260 SAT, 36 ACT. If I took the SAT again I'd probably improve at least one of the sections, maybe by 50 or more points. Is it worth it, though, or should I stop worrying about SATs and start prepping hard for SAT IIs? I know most people in the northeast don't even take ACTs, so do colleges in the northeast (ivies) look at SATs more strongly than ACTs?</p>

<p>Also, I know that perfect ACTs are statistically more rare than perfect SATs, but are they admitted to colleges at the same rate (or better)? I read on CC that Harvard admits something like 40% of the perfect SAT applicants. Does anyone know any stats for perfect ACT applicants? I'm specifically interested in Penn and Amherst. Thanks.</p>

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<p>You might find this link helpful
<a href="http://www.ophs.opusd.k12.ca.us/average_sat_act_scores.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ophs.opusd.k12.ca.us/average_sat_act_scores.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Harvard doesn't even report mean ACT score of accepted applicants so I doubt anyone knows.</p>