<p>So I got an 1850 the first time I took the SAT. Second time I got a 2070. I got a 33 on my ACT, which is a lot better than both of my SATs (a 33 is equivalent to about 2200 on the SAT). I decided to send ALL my scores to the colleges I'm applying to. Will the 1850 and 2070 hurt my chances? I'm kind of worried. I thought the ivy leagues would like to see the 220 point improvement so I sent all, but they are still low. For my subject tests, I got an 800 on Math II and a 760 on Chemistry, and for some of the universities, I would have to send my SAT Is with my subject tests. Part of the reason I decided to send my SATs was because I already self-reported my 2070 on the common app so they would see it anyway, and I thought it would look weird if I didn't send it. Can someone please confirm that I made the right decision by sending these scores? Do you think sending my SAT Is would hurt my chances? Will they simply not consider it because of my 33? Or do you think the 220 point improvement will help me? I'm kind of regretting sending my SAT Is. I need some input from you CCers. What would YOU have done if you were in my position?</p>
<p>Just for some context, here are a list of schools that I sent these scores to:
USC
Duke
UPenn
Cornell
Columbia
Brown
UMichigan
Dartmouth
Johns Hopkins
Northwestern</p>
<p>I think you are just fine. It makes sense you would send the 2070 since you had reported it on the Common App. The 200 point improvement speaks well of your motivation. And the SAT II and ACT scores are excellent. Overall a very positive picture. A college admissions counselor who worked with my son told him most schools only focus on the highest of your tests scores and basically ignore the rest. The top scores are the ones that keep the school’s stats high.</p>
<p>The short answer: No, it should not hurt you.</p>
<p>The long answer: I would have done the same thing. Most of those schools require you to send EVERY standardized test score. But to be completely honest, the 33 ACT by itself and the SAT II scores would have looked fantastic. With the addition of the lesser SAT I scores, I’m not quite sure how admissions will view it. Did you take the ACT with the essay? If you didn’t, you would have been required to take the SAT I anyway. The point increase will depend. It may look good, they may not care.</p>
<p>Sorry I can’t be of much help, but all I can say is that you did the right thing. I firmly believe you should have sent the scores. To answer the rest of your questions completely honestly, maybe it will hurt your chances, it could go either way, but it won’t help; they will consider it; the point improvement will not help you THAT much, if only a little.</p>
<p>Thank you both for your input. My ACT was taken with writing, by the way. Can anyone else tell me what they think? I need some more opinions. :T I hope to god the SAT Is don’t hurt me.</p>
<p>I’ve been to several college info sessions, and they all say only your top score matters. I think they just want to make sure you didn’t go from 1800–>2400, that you didn’t have someone else take it in your place or didn’t get lucky, in which case the test is not a correct representation of your abilities.</p>
<p>UMich says that they never use lower scores in order to penalize a student. So it’s fine. In fact, schools might be impressed with the obvious upward trend.</p>
<p>This question should have been asked earlier. It really doesn’t matter now.</p>
<p>For most of those schools, even if you had 2200+ on your SAT, there would still be no guarantee that you could get in, so I hope there are other safeties on your list.</p>
<p>My son’s 1st ACT was much higher than his first SAT score, so he tried to only send that to some colleges, only to find out once he submitted they some schools still only track the SAT in the admissions process, so he still had to send in his SAT.</p>
<p>You are fine … as my son’s early actions admissions decisions are starting to come back, it’s clear schools have used his 2nd SAT (or 2nd ACT) which are higher than his 1st SAT (and 1st ACT).</p>
<p>Not at all. Schools generally only care about the higher score, and even if they took a close look at your lower scores, all it would tell them is that you’re not so good with the SAT but test well with the ACT. Some people are just better off with the ACT, and you’re one of them. They shouldn’t find anything wrong with that.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your responses. I’m beginning to feel more reassured now. I really hope the SATs won’t make the adcoms view my app in a negative light</p>
<p>“collegeinfo so what would you have done in my position?”
I’m pretty much in the EXACT same situation as you(SAT superscore=2190, ACT=33, subject tests=770,770,800), and I sent all my scores. That’s what you’re supposed to do. Even the few places that allow score-choice encourage students to send all scores, because you never know what their conversion tables looks like. They’re not going to hold you at a disadvantage if it’s not required and not all applicants send all scores to them. </p>
<p>We’re applying to most of the same schools, by the way.</p>
<p>Naathaan,
None of those scores will hurt you. But I hope there are more schools on your list. Even though your scores are excellent, they are not a lock to get you in to any of the schools on your list. I hope you have a few more matches and safeties on your list.</p>
<p>All of these schools are reaches so the sending of the scores wont be the primary reason you would get rejected.</p>
<p>It would also matter when you took your SAT I. If you took them a year apart and ACT 6 months later, it might mean you are in an upward trend but if you took all three tests 3 months apart, then it would just mean you are much better with ACT type of test.</p>
<p>Yeah I have applied to 5 UCs including UC davis and santa barbara so these aren’t the only ones I’m depending on :P. I took my first SAT january of junior year (1850), my ACT june of junior year (33) and my last SAT December of senior year (2070). </p>
<p>@collegeinfo1994 so do the scores of many of the kids applying to those schools. That means nothing. There are enough kids with 2200s and above to fill the classes of all the Ivies each year. But most of the kids who apply still get rejected.</p>
All the best!</p>