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Worried Mom and Just a Mom,
Same situation with both of my older kids -- stronger ACT than SAT. Two thoughts. First, dont worry about the SAT and just focus on the ACT. Every school accepts the ACT now. The people (including guidance counselors) who tell you that you are crazy and basing that judgement on out of date information.
Second, if you take the analysis one level further, look at the "common data" set for any school to which your child is applying. This will show you what percent of the matriculating students submitted ACT scores. Most schools in the midwest (eg U Chicago, Carleton, etc) will have almost 50% of the students submitting ACT scores, so those school obviously are completely comfortable with ACT scores. Even schools on the East Coast (eg Yale, Amherst, etc) have 20% or so of student submitting ACT scores. Occasionally you will find a school (eg Haverford) that just does not seem to have very many ACT scores submitted. But at any school that still requires the SAT II tests even with the ACT (like Haverford), they probably are using the SAT II scores to overcome any residual uncertainty or unfamilarity they have with the ACT alone. Bottom line is still -- dont worry, the ACT alone is fine.
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