Which is the better score?

Test Preparation
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<p>Hey,
I'm an incoming senior and I just got back my ACT scores and am trying to compare them to my SAT scores from earlier this year. To all you juniors out there, don't waste time like I did and I probably shouldn't have waited this long to take them and should've studied more beforehand.
My ACT Score(Note: I have another ACT score thats a composite 26 with a 28 math and a 26 science, but everything else is lower)
Composite-27
English- 24
Math-27
Reading-33
Science-24
Writing-23 (8 essay)</p>

<p>My SAT Score:
Reading-610
Math-600
Writing-630
Essay-10
Also I'm shooting to go for a 30 composite or a 2000, which is more feasible?(Also if you guys have some studying tips that would be sweet) And would it be possible to take these in the fall and still apply to school early action? Also is super-scoring the ACT a thing? Because maybe that could work to my advantage...</p>

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<p>If you convert both of your scores to ACT scale…your SAT would be 27.6 which is a higher score than your ACT.</p>

<p>However, your ACT score is in a higher percentile than your SAT score…your ACT score is 85th percentile, and your SAT score is 84th percentile.</p>

<p>So, overall these scores are extremely close…almost indistinguishably close.</p>

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<p>Additionally I think you would have a better chance of reaching a 30 on the ACT just as a general rule…but it would really depend upon your preferences.</p>

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<p>@Kreig01‌ I’m just wondering… where do you get these stats from?</p>

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<p>@hawkace The percentiles are just from looking online at past ACT/SAT percentiles…this gives you the general idea. The percentiles will, of course, change from year to year but the ones I provided are average percentiles. The bottom line is his ACT score is typically a higher percentile than his SAT.</p>

<p>If you are referring to me converting the SAT score to ACT you would divide 1840 (his total) by 2400 (the total possible score) and multiply by 36 to get the equivalent score which in this case would be 27.6.</p>

<p>This was just so I could compare his SAT to his ACT on two different levels and by doing so you can see how close together his scores are.</p>

<p>Does that answer your question?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html”>http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Erin’s Dad:<br>
This basically shows the score comparison I was talking about earlier. However, colleges care about the percentile of each test. It does not matter if his SAT score is higher than what would be the equivalent ACT score if his ACT is in a higher percentile. In this case his ACT percentile range is higher than his SAT score percentile range. Therefore, I believe his ACT score would be the better score.</p>

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<p>The scores are basically even - 27 and 1840. If the Writing were significantly better than the other SAT scores that might make a difference because some schools don’t use the Writing. In this case that doesn’t apply. It’s really up to the OP as to which s/he feels more comfortable with.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys and yeah I figured the scores were about even but I think I’m going to take the ACT’s again in the fall to try to bring up my scores. What would you guys recommend as review?</p>