<p>Hey guys, I'm in a pickle here. In May I took the SAT, did pretty poorly on it, but I had put down four schools to send my scores to beforehand and they got sent. My question is, I had been planning as a backup to take the ACT in case I did poorly on the SAT. Now that colleges have seen my SAT score, is there any way around this? When I apply to colleges, will I still be able to submit just my ACT? Sorry I'm not very informed about the application process. Thanks for any help.</p>
<p>Yes, most if not all colleges will accept the ACT in lieu of the SAT. Obviously you can "take back" the SAT score you already sent, but if you send the ACT, they will typically consider the one with the highest scores (works in their favour too since it boosts their admissions stats)</p>
<p>So in case I do well on the ACT, I shouldn't fill out the "select 4 colleges to send scores to" part of my SAT 2s and such?</p>
<p>You'll have to take a look at the colleges you are applying to; while some will accept the ACT + Writing instead of SATI + SATII, some will still ask for the SATIIs in addition to the ACT.</p>
<p>My daughter is in a similar position.
How do you "take back" your SAT scores that have already been sent?
She just registered last night for the October SAT. We took advantage of the four free schools and sent to the same four as the May test.</p>
<p>She has a solid ACT score. I think she'll have her ACT sent to all the schools she's applying to.</p>
<p>Oops, in my earlier post, it should read "Obviously you can't take back the SAT score you already sent."
Sorry about that, didn't notice it until I read editor's post.</p>
<p>As CDN_dancer said, some schools require SAT IIs in addition to ACTs. While officially they say they will look at your highest scores, whether it be ACT or SAT, but they will have all of the scores in front of them. I had the same issue as you last year where i did worse than expected on the reading section of the SAT, but had to send SAT IIs and did well on the ACT. I decided to retake the SATs too just so that colleges wouldn't just see my bad score. IT probably wasn't necessary, but i felt better for having done it so you might want to try that too</p>
<p>It's been said on these boards that oftentimes, by the time the admissions officers look at an applicants file, someone else in the admissions office has written a "cover sheet" containing the applicant's highest test scores, among other things. So, while the admissions officers could technically go through the file and find the complete score report, they will first see that cover sheet with the highest scores.</p>