<p>I took SAT twice. Both are at 1900 and 1960. Then someone suggest me take ACT. I got 29.</p>
<p>From ACT to SAT conversion table, they are almost the same. But they said still ACT 29 is better than SAT 2000 because most Ivy colleges ask 2100~2300 for SAT but only 26~33 for ACT? Shall I take this advantage?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Can someone comment on it?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Not sure where you are getting your figures. No ivy has a middle 50% range that starts at 26 ACT. Perhaps you meant 29 which a few do. What is your superscored SAT – meaning the additon of the highest math, CR and writing subscores from those two SAT tests. Ivies superscore SATs for admission but not ACT, for which they use that test with the highest composite, and that is partly why you will see what seems to be a lower ACT at the bottom of the middle 50% range when in fact what is mainly happening is that the ivy is showing a seemingly higher SAT range simply because of superscoring. If your SAT superscore is close to 2000 then for ivies your ACT and SAT is probably close to being equivalent.</p>
<p>My super SAT score is 540 reading (bad, bad, bad!), math 740; writing 710. </p>
<p>Another question: someone told me if your test score didn’t match a college admission middle 50% range, your change to get in that college is very low. Is it true?</p>
<p>Most likely, yes. Anything is possible though.</p>
<p>Here is my dream colleges list:</p>
<p>U Penn
Columbia U
Duke
U of Chicago
Dartmouth College
Northwestern
Washington U in St Louts
Cornell
John Hopkins
Brown
Rice
Emory
U of Notre Dame
Vanderbilt
Carnegie Mellon
Georgetown U
U of Virginia
U of Michigan–Ann Arbor
U of Southern California
Tufts U
U of North Carolina–Chapel Hill </p>
<p>Plus all UCs because I am in CA</p>
<p>Which colleges possibly I will get in? So I have to use my ACT score to get a better chance, right?</p>
<p>Thank you again!</p>
<p>With your test scores, your entire non-UC list seems to be reaches. Maybe you’re a high match at Georgetown or Tufts, but I don’t know.</p>
<p>What do you mean:“entire non-UC list seems to be reaches”? Why Georgetown or Tufts,? How about Chapel Hill?</p>
<p>Actually I like Dartmouth, Cornell and John Hopkins most.</p>
<p>What’s tact to write a good essay to get in one of them? I heard someone with SAT 1500 get in Harvard, and 3.3 GPA get in U Penn, real case! Both are because super good essay.</p>
<p>are you sure that 1500 is not CR+Math?</p>
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<p>Because I know something of all the others, and very little of those two. (Actually, JHU-non-premed is in the same category.) They may not be reaches. They may be. I don’t know anything about them, statistics-wise. Also, UNC OOS is a reach. Look at the SAT mid-ranges for all of the colleges to which you wish to apply. If you’re below the 25th percentile, your chances are slim. If you’re far below the 25th percentile, that might help you trim your list. (That many applications will be expensive and time-consuming.)</p>
<p>3.3 GPA could be the result of grade deflation. The 1500 SAT could be/1600. An excellent essay alone won’t cut it if one of the parts of your application is very weak (like your SAT).</p>
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<p>You don’t know why the admissions people took those students, and as I and the previous poster said, those stats aren’t the full picture. I feel like a b**** for saying this, but sweetheart, those two sentences do not bode well for your likelihood of writing a particularly good essay, let alone one that will make the adcoms overlook your SAT scores. Your mistakes aren’t merely typos, it seems to me, but reflect fundamental misunderstandings about English grammar. Sorry. Good luck, though.</p>
<p>Your CR is going to catch you up on all top tier schools.</p>
<p>Being the crazy success story of the kid who got in with a 540CR is one thing.
Using recycled crazy success stories as a reason why you will also be one…doesn’t usually go well.
Your best bet is to spend a good amount of time preparing for the October SAT studying the CR. It is generally a matter of learning ‘how to take the test’. You got a 710 on your written, which includes your essay, so I can’t believe that you have complete lack of command for the English language. If you did prepare for your previous tests, and are serious about tier one schools, consider a tutor for the CR. I would not bother with a prep class. You will spend a lot of time on areas you do not need help in. A tutor will help you where you need to improve.</p>
<p>You didn’t mention any SAT Subject tests. Georgetown requires three. Most others require two.</p>
<p>Yes, 1500 for all 3 parts.</p>
<p>What is OOS? </p>
<p>Yes, I checked my colleges list again. My SAT socre are below or marginly in mid-ranges for most of them. But if I use my ACT score 29, half of them still fall within their mid-ranges . Do I still have the hope?</p>
<p>I got 670 for SAT II Bio, 790 for SAT II Chinese. I am going to take SAT II Math in Oct. and SAT II Spanish (personal preference!) in Nov. I guess I should be at 700 range for both. Even I re-take SAT again, I don’t think I can get CR above 600. I went to a SAT Prep class before the tutor said my CR problem is not English language problem. it is related to my brain or IQ sort of thing and it is not easy to change. That’s why he suggested ACT. If I re-take ACT in Sept and get 29 or 30, will that be a big help?</p>
<p>Base on my these profile, which a list of colleges I most likely will be accepted?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>OOS is out-of-state. Haha, okay, I guess I was a bit too dour. Sorry! That’s not to say that many or all of those aren’t still reaches, though, because many of those are reaches even for people above the 75th percentile of test scores. I will stop, however, trying to break down which ones are which.</p>
<p>The ACT would help. I would still suggest cutting that list way down…no more than 4 of the reaches from that list (are Cal and UCLA reaches for you?), 2-3 in-state matches and 1-3 non-state matches, and 2-3 in-state safeties. I would also recommend keeping your college list to 11 at the most, with suggested breakdowns as I listed. You definitely don’t have any safeties on that list of non-UC schools.</p>
<p>Yes, I will be happy with Cal, UCLA or even UCSD. But I just want to try my best luck.</p>
<p>Agreed with you. I need to cut the list down. Probably I shall take off top 6~7 colleges from my list? Also, your 11 colleges list counts UC as one college or 9 colleges? From admission process view. there is only one round thing for me, right? At most, I just need to make sure check all 6 or 9 campus box. I no need to do application 6 or 9 times, right?</p>
<p>Okay, switching gears.
First, OOS = Out Of State :)</p>
<p>If you are going to consider your ACT, you have to break it down just as the SAT is. Your ACT Composite is a 29. What is going to matter is what the subscores are. Certainly if you can retake the ACT in September and bring up your score that would help. Keep in mind that not all schools superscore the ACT, even if they superscore the SAT.</p>
<p>On a serious note, I would speak with a reputable college counselor about suitable college choices for you. Based on your description of your CR difficulties, some schools are going to be better suited to your strengths. A college counselor would know of schools that work with students with score discrepancies like yours.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>the commonapp automatically superscores the ACT because for the ACT slot, it asks for your highest subscores across all dates. and most of your dream colleges are in the commonapp membership, so yeah i would advise you to retake the ACT in september</p>
<p>the commonapp automatically superscores the ACT because for the ACT slot, it asks for your highest subscores across all dates. and most of your dream colleges are in the commonapp membership, so yeah i would advise you to retake the ACT in september</p>
<p>Nearly all colleges ask for an official score from ACT/The College Board. You can’t simply list your highest over all dates and expect them to believe you.</p>
<p>tbh, with a 1280 cr+m, you have no shott at ANY of those schools you listed because writing is usually weighted least, even in your case schools might bend for sat scores, but a 540 in reading will hold you back anywhere.</p>