Hi, I’m an incoming senior with a 36 on the ACT (1 attempt; 36/36/34/36 9 essay) and a 1550 on the SAT (2nd attempt: 750/800 7/6/7. 1st attempt was 720/800 7/6/8). I’d just like to ask for advice on sending these scores: should I bother sending the 1550 still to colleges that don’t require both scores sent (pretty much all except Stanford)?
nah, why would you?
I’m worried that colleges would prefer the SAT over the ACT, especially after seeing that most colleges on the far ends of the coasts have some statistical bias towards the SAT (idk).
I would send both, if only to show that the 36 wasn’t a fluke.
Hmm but a lot of my friends have taken the SAT on dates where the test was objectively easier (according to themselves, not me) and they got higher than I did (1560-1580). I’m so lost 
Waste of money, IMO. Test scores are just a threshold to clear, and acing one is all that is needed to get the Reviewer to go look at other things in the application, such as GPA, essay and recs.
However, schools that participate in the NM program might want to see the confirming SAT score. (dunno, just a speculation)
Money isn’t really a concern because I’m sending in SAT Subject Tests anyways, so the SAT 1 comes for free. I’m just hesitant about having to send it at all.
Stanford, Bernard, and Georgetown require you to provide both all SAT and ACT scores.
With any other college, including those with any kind of “all scores” rule you can send either all ACT or all SAT and need not provide both. Absent one consideration, you would be fine sending only the ACT. That consideration depends on whether you can potentially qualify for a National Merit Scholarship from the college, in which case you have to send the SAT.
Note, that even if you decide to send the SAT, you have no downside. A 1550 is a very high score. Moreover, colleges uniformily assert that when you provide both an ACT and SAT, they use the one with the highest score to determine admission and ignore the other. Nevertheless, many have a hard time convincing themselves that is true, a probable irrational concern because it assumes incorrectly that colleges are really just bold-faced liars.
Schools do NOT value one test over the other.
Sending an extra just to verify it wasn’t a lucky shot is not helpful.
@drusba I’m almost positive that Barnard doesn’t require students to sent all SAT and ACT scores.
^ It looks like their policy may have changed:
https://admissions.barnard.edu/apply-barnard/standardized-testing-and-our-score-choice-policy
Though their FAQ makes it all unclear
Unless you are an AO, how would you know that?
The SAT score is excellent, why would you hide that? If you had a few outstanding ECs, wouldn’t you want to submit all of them? Same goes for scores.
Send both – the more info they have that shows you are a good candidate the better.
In response to JenJenJenJen, I wish it were true that Barnard had dropped its all scores policy but its current rule, which is mentioned above and has been in effect for a number of years, is here https://admissions.barnard.edu/apply-barnard/standardized-testing-and-our-score-choice-policy, where it states:
“Barnard does not participate in score choice and requires students to send all standardized testing scores. For the SAT, we will use the highest score in each section of each exam sitting. For the ACT, we will use your highest composite; we do not superscore the ACT.”
That rule does not apply to subject tests including because Barnard no longer uses subject tests to determine admission even if provided. Three years ago Barnard required subject tests, the next year it stopped rerquiring them and went to recommending them, and then last year it stopped recommending them and declared it would no longer use them for admission.