<p>I have taken both the ACT an the SAT.<br>
Taken the SAT twice, both times a total of 2050 (1360 converted to old scale), although subscores changed. Writing went down, c.r. and math went up.
Took the ACT twice, sophomore year 29, junior year 33 (did not take writing). Huge disprepancy between ACT and SAT.<br>
I want to apply to ivy league schools, such as Stanford, and Duke, Berkeley, maybe Cornell. Maybe I'll only submit an ACT score, but they need ACT with writing, hence I'm taking ACT again. I'm afaid my score might go down this time. Should I do it?</p>
<p>Since you need the writing, I'd say you should definitely do it. Who knows, you might even get a better score.</p>
<p>Go ahead and take it again. I had a similar question a while back- i was happy with my ACT writing score, but not quite there with the composite. Call the schools you're applying to, and find out if they'll look at your highest score in one sitting of both the composite test and the writing, or if they use the highest scores of each, regardless of the day you took it (the second option seems more common, which would benefit you.) Doing that helped me out. </p>
<p>Plus, like chillaxin said, you never know. If you study, you might get more than 33.</p>
<p>FYI Stanford, Duke, and Berkeley are not Ivy League schools.</p>
<p>Stanford and Duke may not be in the Ivy League persay, but they are basically Ivy League-caliber schools.</p>
<p>Since when is Stanford not Ivy League? Or am I just clueless.</p>
<p>Ivy League refers specifically to the group of 8 schools in the Northeast who compete in sports together: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, UPenn, and Yale. They're among the oldest schools in the country, and they're generally considered some of the most selective/prestigious schools around. </p>
<p>Yes, Stanford (Caltech, MIT, etc) is high caliber, but not actually in the Ivy League.</p>
<p>While MIT, Georgetown, and Stanford are not ivy league they are more difficult to get into than such real ivies as Brown and Columbia.</p>
<p>Thanks for clearing that up, the two posters above me.</p>
<p>I think the ACTs are much easier than the SATs. I do way better on Reading portion of the ACT than I do on the CR. I just hate the SAT but too bad they count more:(</p>
<p>jojo, my S had a similar senario and just submitted his ACT, his was a little lower 32 and he got in most everywhere he applied, good luck on the retake. I'd be very surprised if it went down.</p>
<p>sanguine-I'm the complete opposite. I find the SATs much easier than ACTs (except maybe the writing portion). My highest ACT comp was a 32 but my SATs were 1530 (old scale)</p>
<p>Even if your ACT score goes down, it probably wouldn't drop enough to take a point off your comp. Definitely at least retake it, then you have options. You don't want to get screwed over for a school just because you're missing the writing section.</p>