<p>Give your opinions!</p>
<p>Well, I guess you could say they look at more SAT scores than ACT scores, because more SAT scores are submitted.</p>
<p>But if you're asking if they prefer one over the other, they all say they have no preference.</p>
<p>Columbia must have heavily weighted my ACT scores because my SAT verbal was atrocious compared to their other applicants.</p>
<p>Historically, SATs were more preferred by the Ivies. ACTs were largely a Midwest phenomenon (I grow up in Wisconsin and still live there). In recent years, the ACT test has been accepted by more schools outside that area.</p>
<p>We have one D in college and another on the way. What I have heard is that the schools will typically accept the higher scores, regardless of the test. In other words, if you bomb the SAT but do well on the ACT, they'll look to the ACT as a determinant and vice-versa. The problem with the ACT, of course, is that it's a unified score. The advantage of the SAT is that the reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic scores are broken out, so you can take the best of the respective scores.</p>
<p>The problem with the ACT is that is doesn't delineate as much as the SAT does.</p>
<p>techvet: ACT scores are broken down into subscores too.</p>
<p>Colleges in the Ivy League accept scores from either test now. They all have an idea how high a score is high enough to make sense for admitting an applicant.</p>
<p>Ive talked to multiple admissions counselors about this. (I have a 2150 and a 33 lol)</p>
<p>They give no preference to either test. They convert them and use whichever ones higher. Honestly.</p>