Sending ACT or SAT

Test Preparation
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<p>I'm a rising senior from a small town in Iowa applying to Stanford (REA), Harvard, and MIT, among others, and I'm trying to decide which scores to send:</p>

<p>ACT 35 (October junior year)
E 36
M 36
R 36
S 33</p>

<p>ACT 35 (June between fresh/soph)
E 36
M 35
R 35
S 35</p>

<p>SAT 2320 (May junior year)
R 800
M 790
W 730</p>

<p>I got an 8 on the essay on each test. (My SAT II's are straight 800s in Math II, Chem, and Physics, btw.) I could be persuaded to retake the SAT, but I'm not sure it's necessary. </p>

<p>I'm really not sure which to send. I could send them all, but I must consider the fees with that. Is there a hidden preference for the SAT? Are my ACT scores marginally better? Stanford requires I send ALL of my SAT scores or ALL of my ACT scores, does that change anything?</p>

2

<p>Honestly, I would send them all because they are all really good, but if I had to choose, send the SAT. The 1590 out of 1600 is why.</p>

3

<p>If the adcoms are going by the “chart” a 35 will actually be a snibbet higher than a 2320. But like what Axel said, the 1590 is good, as many colleges (even Ivy) place less weight on the writing. </p>

<p>IMO, send everything. they are all similar.</p>

4

<p>Choosing between the ACT/SAT, I would send the SAT because of the perfect CR and the 790 Math score. Writing is still not as heavily weighted as CR and Math so those two great CR and M scores help a lot.</p>

5

<p>I’d say both; they’re pretty much the same. But if you only want to send one, send the SAT.</p>

6

<p>Just by the way, only Princeton and Cornell weigh CR and Math over Writing, as according to the common data set. The rest of the Ivy League treat the three categories equally.</p>