Which score should I send?

Test Preparation
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<p>Hey! I ended up taking both the SAT and the ACT after being recommended to do so by a SAT instructor. However, I can't decided which score(s) I should use. Would sending both scores jeopardize my chances of getting in (although I know college admissions are unpredictable)? Thanks!</p>

<p>SAT I- 2210 (1420...)
Math-720 (sad..)
CR-700
Writing-790 (80 mc)
Essay-9</p>

<p>ACT-33 (first try)
Math-36
CR-32
Writing-34
Science-28 (for some reason I find this section very difficult)
Essay-8 (not my strong suit)</p>

<p>ACT-33 (second try..)
Math-35
CR-32
Writing-35
Science-30
Essay-8</p>

<p>I know my scores aren't that bad, but I just don't want regret sending/not sending a certain score.
:) all suggestions welcome. thanks!</p>

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<p>Act…its obvious. look at the conversion chart.</p>

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<p>^His SAT is higher though. 33 = 2180 or so.</p>

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<p>I think that my SAT is higher on the conversion chart. However, when I look at the scores accepted by colleges, my ACT score fits the middle 50% of more colleges than my SAT does, especially when it comes to the section breakdown.</p>

<p>(i’m a girl btw xD)</p>

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<p>[SAT-ACT</a> Concordance Tables](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/sat/sat-act]SAT-ACT”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/sat/sat-act)</p>

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<p>Both are great, but I’d send the ACT over the SAT. I was in a similar situation as you. These were my scores (and, just warning you, they’re not <em>gasp</em> great for College Confidential, but given that I never took an AP class, I was alright with them):</p>

<p>SAT 1 - 1950 (1260)
CR - 590
Math - 670
Writing - 690 (69 mc)
Essay - 9</p>

<p>ACT - 29
English - 32
Math - 27
Reading - 31
Science - 26
Essay - 8</p>

<p>I ended up sending only my ACT, which was higher than the equivalent of the M+CR section of the SAT, but lower than all 3 of the SAT sections combined. And I did very well with my college acceptances. I hope that made sense.</p>

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<p>Thanks! Yeah, the whole 1600 conversion was my main concern.</p>

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<p>Why don’t you retake the SAT? Since you can probably do better in Math…</p>

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<p>I was considering that, except:</p>

<p>1) My parents are really against me retaking tests for some reason, and it didn’t help that I got the same ACT composite score the second time I took it.
2) I haven’t touched anything to do with the SAT I since I took it in January, so I’m afraid my reading & essay scores would suffer.</p>

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<p>cj…act conversion is based off 1600. its the official way to do it from college board. </p>

<p>so you’re wrong and on top of that his highest section is writing…which colleges dont weigh too much on(which doesnt look good)</p>

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<p>there’s a concordance table for either the new or old sat.</p>

<p>The value of the writing depends on the college. If the college doesn’t even look at it, obviously the ACt would be a better choice.</p>