Subbing ACT for SAT I & Subject Tests

Test Preparation
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<p>some colleges that i've been looking at, notably brown and yale, will accept the act over the sat reasoning AND sat subject tests. if you get a score on the act that is comprable to that of the sat I/II (ie a 29, and a 1300 sat I and 650 sat IIs; i realize a higher score is probably needed for these schools, but just go with it), will they be weighted the same? i guess what i'm asking is that although some schools will take the act over sat i/ii, are the applicants who take the sat combo favored? i would say yes, since it shows that they are a bit more dedicated and are willing to test in a broad range of subjects; lets be serious, the act isnt exactly the same as the sat I and sat IIs in lit and us hist (or other sat iis). i realize that the schools will take act over sat i/ii for a reason, but i think its unlikely that they will truly be weighed the same. i get higher act scores over sat i, and plan to take sat iis anyway, so the only thing that i'd really lose is the 18 bucks for 2 score reports to each school. </p>

<p>i just read my post and it seems a bit confusing, but i'm a little groggy right now. i hope it makes sense.</p>

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<p>Your post makes sense to me. It is a perennial question here and if you are lucky tokenadult will provide a link to an extensive discussion of this issue, the general conclusion of which is that there is no penalty for relying solely on the ACT.</p>

<p>My own unscientific intuition is a bit different. I think it may depend on the State you come from. If you are from a midwestern state where ACT dominates, then I expect that you will not be penalized. If you come from the northeast where the SAT dominates, but you took only the ACT, you may still be OK if your high school is known to the adcoms, your grades are good and your ACT score is good. But if you have borderline high school grades or you are from an unknown high school from an area where the SAT is the dominant standardized test, then it might raise a red flag about your lack of SAT-II's.</p>

<p>As usual, it all depends how much other reliable information you can provide about your preparation for college.</p>

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<p>thanks. i'm from georgia, so its a bit more sat than act, but not by much. my school is probably unknown to top tier school adcoms, but hopefully i will end up sending in sat ii scores no matter what if they are decent.</p>

<p>the georgia director for upenn said that they are weighed equally, which i still find hard to believe, but whatever.</p>

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<p>Here is a post that an owner of a tutoring company in Beverly Hills made to a message board for the national association of college admission counselors. </p>

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