<p>If I have a 34+ on the ACT but only a 2120 on the SAT, will admissions officers only use the 34 on the ACT? Or will the 2120 still hurt my chances?</p>
<p>A 2120 isn’t a poor score, but you don’t have to send it anyway. You can just send your ACT score if you want.</p>
<p>I didn’t send in my SAT scores, and I did fine with a 34, so you should be good. C:
2120 is in range for Duke though.</p>
<p>Just send the better score, not both. [ACT-SAT</a> Concordance](<a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/]ACT-SAT”>The ACT Test for Students | ACT)</p>
<p>^ yea but I’ve already sent it. I took the SAT early in my junior year, but for some stupid reason I chose to submit the score. And now I don’t have time to retake it before early decision. So I’m just going to also submit my ACT score along with it.</p>
<p>don’t worry about it! Although if I were you I would take the ACT one more time. 34 is plenty good but plenty of good people don’t get in. If you think there is a chance you can study the Red Book of Real ACTs and make your 34 even better…consider it. Or else submit some great high SATIIs. You have time to keep testing. Don’t test however if you don’t prepare. A waste of time.
You have plenty of time to retake the SAT but I wouldn’t bother. The 34 is what they will consider. And your other SAT score on record is just fine. Stick with the ACT or Subject tests. October ACTs are really not too late. You can pay up to rush scores
when you need to do so.</p>
<p>my son got into Duke when all your testing showed up and there was no score choice and he had a couple lowish SATs in there. They seem to have only paid attention to the high SAT he made in mid October of his senior year. He did also submit three SAT Subject tests over 750 however.
Good luck! </p>
<p>I am always surprised when unhooked juniors quit testing once they get a nice score. And a 34 is a very nice score many people would be thrilled with. But if you don’t also have Subject Test scores…try to get one or two on record. It is hard to stand out in a peer group of equals.</p>
<p>^^thanks! That’s good to know. I’m actually retaking in september and taking two subject tests in october (both of which I’m studying for)</p>
<p>if I had a nickel for every top 10% student in our high school who took the Subject Tests without completing the specific prep book…and was shocked to see that although they made a 4 or 5 in US AP History or whatever, they got a 650 on that little one hour subject test…</p>
<p>These Subject Tests have different curves based on the pool of students taking them. ie No one who isn’t college ready in a big way takes the SAT Math Level Two exam therefore the test takers do very well on it. And they realize you can miss more questions on the Level Two Math than you can on the easier Level One Math. But those taking this subject test are eager to prove their mastery of high school upper math. They are prepared. You can find the charts with the performance on each exam on the college board website so you recognize how the pool of students taking each one varies.</p>
<p>It only takes three or four hours to study the subject test books and take the two timed tests provided. But it can make a huge difference…these are not AP exams and can be quirky in their own way.</p>
<p>best of luck and congrats on your fine ACT score in your pocket. Don’t get too carried away about testing so that you neglect to work on your Essays and on the content and quality of the letters of reference you will be garnering. A 34 is not a rare score in the Duke applicant pool, so after that it really comes down to fit, essays, and your goals and references. And…it comes down to luck, fate, chance. You deserve admission just like the other thousands of applicants are qualified. So spread your applications so that you are also going to be admitted to a fine college that is less swamped with applicants and is definitely going to be thrilled to land you.</p>