Which score is better? SAT v. ACT.

<p>2120 SAT</p>

<p>690 CR
780 Writing, essay: 11
650 Math</p>

<p>Subject tests:
710 US History
670 Literature
660 Math</p>

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<p>Or... should I send this one?</p>

<p>30 ACT
34 Reading
34 Writing
28 Math
22 Science <--- Brought my score wayyyy down. :-D</p>

<p>Essay score: 11</p>

<p>Is there any sort of bias between the two tests? Like do colleges prefer one over the other?</p>

<p>well if you dont count the writing section on your sat, which some colleges wont your scores are about the same, i would definetly send both if you can spare more money</p>

<p>^ So both of them are about equal?</p>

<p>I'm re-taking the ACTs and SATs this December.</p>

<p>I'm hoping to 2 points or so higher on the ACTs --- if there is an easy science section.</p>

<p>you shouod send the sat. 2100 is 97th percentile while 30 is 95th.</p>

<p>Your SAT score is not low. Don't worry.</p>

<p>although most colleges wont say they prefer one over another, i think most east coast/west coast schools prefer the SAT over the ACT becaue of familiarity</p>

<p>thats not true at all</p>

<p>a 30 is 97th percentile</p>

<p>Just a little advice about the ACT science section that I found useful...
Don't over-read the explanations. If you do that, you waste a ton of time with a lot of information that isn't terribly important. Just skim the paragraph and data, and then read the question to look for what specifically you need to look for, and then find that section in the data.</p>

<p>Your SAT is around a 32 ACT; send both, then retake</p>

<p>^ Most of my SAT comes from my writing score though..</p>

<p>Won't that be looked upon badly?</p>

<p>"Just a little advice about the ACT science section that I found useful...
Don't over-read the explanations. If you do that, you waste a ton of time with a lot of information that isn't terribly important. Just skim the paragraph and data, and then read the question to look for what specifically you need to look for, and then find that section in the data."</p>

<p>This is so true. I wasted my time reading the explanations at first and by the end I didn't even have time to guess on the last few and got a 31. If I had just went straight to the questions I'm confident I would have gotten a 34+.</p>

<p>Your SAT Math & CR score is 1340, this is equivalent to an ACT Comp score of 30, according to this conversion chart:</p>

<p>ACT</a> to SAT conversion for Math and CR SAT sections</p>

<p>If the college also takes in to consideration your SAT writing score, it will help you not hinder you. I think you should submit both. But of course if you think there's room for improvement, then retake.</p>

<p>With these scores, is it possible to get into a school along the lines of Harvard, considering that the rest of my application is very, very solid?</p>

<p>It would depend on whether the school you want to go to counts writing or not. If it does, just send in SAT, if it doesn't, then send in the ACT...</p>

<p>@PorkFriEdRicE</p>

<p>You would need some seriously godly EC/Hook for a 1340 SAT admission into Harvard.</p>

<p>1340 CR and math right?</p>

<p>That's not that bad.</p>