<p>My parents want me to report all my scores because it's "more honest". The problem is my ACT (35 composite) is much higher than my SAT (2080 composite) and subject tests (660 Math 2, 730 Lit). All are one sitting, not super scored. Will having that poor SAT make my higher ACT look like a fluke or does it not matter? I'm applying to top tier schools (Yale, Brown, CMU, Rice, Northwestern, UVA, Chapel Hill, Rochester, Duke, Penn)</p>
<p>lol, I respect your parent’s sense of honesty, but I really think it is misguided. It is not dishonest, you just only want colleges to know your strengths. In your parents logic, it would be honest if you tell your colleges all your inadequacies in your college essay. Colleges want to see the best sides of you, that is all that they can ask. I woul really try and convince them that sending the 35 (phenomenal job btw) would be best if send alone. If they will not budge, honestly, I would just flat out lie and send the ACT by itself. If you have an overpowering moral compass and you need to send them both, I would not worry, It is not like they will think it is a fluke. Colleges understand that some people do good on the ACT, and some on the SAT, it is all good! Gl in ur applications!</p>
<p>Send just the ACT.</p>
<p>There is a difference between deceiving people and putting your best foot forward. When people sit for portraits or go on dates, they groom themselves carefully and they dress nicely. They don’t go for a portrait sitting or a first date looking the way they look first thing in the morning. That’s not dishonest; that’s just presenting themselves favorably.</p>
<p>When people write a resume for a job search, they list skills and accomplishments, not deficits and failures. That’s presenting themselves favorably; it’s not deception.</p>
<p>When a college asks you to send SAT or ACT scores, they expect you to send the scores that will reflect best on you. To do what’s expected is not deceptive.</p>
<p>Would it be bad to self report the SATs and only officially send the ACT? It’s already on my common app (which is now locked since I’ve sent a few apps already), but I don’t want to pay money for something that will hurt me… :/</p>
<p>Your common app is “never” locked. Once you have sent it to at least one college (which you’ve done) you can create a new version and selectively modify it. Check the Common App web site for details of how to go about doing this.</p>
<p>It makes no sense to report “weaknesses” on the common application, unless the college to which the application is directed insists on “all” scores.</p>
<p>Yeah just send those ACT scores.</p>