Sending in ACT or SAT Score as an East Coaster

Test Preparation
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<p>So I'm a student from the East Coast and I'm planning on only sending in my ACT scores and SAT Subject Tests to college. </p>

<p>My SAT was pretty bad (2160) but my ACT was good (35) and so were my two subject tests (800 math, 800 chem).</p>

<p>I'm mostly applying to Ivies and I know my ACT score puts me in the 75th percentile of applicants. I know everyone says that all colleges these days look upon both equally, but do they really?</p>

<p>I mean, I'm from the East Coast and frankly most people here are gonna send SAT scores. Won't colleges be able to tell that I'm "odd" in the sense that I sent in a test score for a test that isn't popular in my area? Will this hurt me?</p>

<p>Also, why is it that the admissions rates for those who submit ACTs to Ivies are lower than the admissions rates for those that submit SATs? I heard someone tell me this and I've been searching around the internet for statistics to hopefully contradict this, but I can't seem to find any.</p>

<p>Can someone please help me settle my paranoia?</p>

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<p>Everyone across the nation has tested on both the ACT and SAT. In fact, most Ivies and top tier schools prefer the ACT nowadays. </p>

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<p>Send the ACT! I’m also from the East Coast and got pretty comparable scores (35 ACT and 2110 SAT); I’m only sending the ACT. Honestly with Ivies because everyone has such amazing stats (high GPA and test scores), once you hit a certain threshold, your extracurriculars become more important in terms of acceptance. In comparing two students, one with a 2400 SAT and the other a 35 ACT, the determining factor of who gets in will be what they have done outside of the classroom, and not what test type they submitted, or the negligible difference in their scores.
Whatever trend you have seen is coincidental; don’t stress over this.</p>

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<p>More kids take the ACT than the SAT in the USA. The SAT is changing their test format to mimic the ACT. </p>