Does Stanford view the two scores equally? I did much better on the ACT than I did on the SAT, but I’m scared that when I submit both scores, my SAT’s will weigh down my ACT’s.
I want to know this so I can decide whether just to submit what I have in REA or retake the SAT in November (I’ll be taking Subjects in October) and apply RD.
This link below will provide more context:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/1787967-is-2190-sat-worth-retaking-or-should-i-retake-subject-tests.html
Stanford requires you to submit all scores. They are going to use your better scores.
@pacnwmomof2 So if Stanford sees a 36 ACT and a 2190 SAT they don’t say “Hmm, I wonder why there is a discrepancy between the two scores?” but instead treat it as though it was the equivalent of taking the SAT multiple times and doing better the second time (and ignoring the first test completely because of it)?
@MasterLillyclaw I’m sorry. I’m not following your question. Lots of people do better on one test than the other. What I’ve advised students to do is to take each one (with prep!) and see which you do better on. Then take that one again at least one more time with more prep work, unless you are already satisfied with your score. Because many students do this, there is often somewhat of a difference between the ACT and SAT scores. Since Stanford requires you to send in all scores, they would see this frequently.
As I recall from my d’s application, for the ACT portion, you could just send in the highest score and self report the others if it was a financial hardship, since the ACT charges for each individual test score sent to each school. You should not use score choice with the SAT. All scores need to be sent to Stanford and it is the same fee no matter how many scores you send to a specific school.
@pacnwmomof2 Sorry, that was worded rather poorly. Let me see if I can word it a bit better.
Situation 1: You get about a 2000 the first time you take the SAT but about a 2200 the second time (improving in each section). Because Stanford superscores, it will completely ignore your first SAT and only look at your best score.
Situation 2: You get about a 2000 SAT but a 35 ACT. So you are saying that colleges will treat this like situation 1 and ignore the SAT because the ACT is better?