My daughter is applying to MIT, Princeton, and Harvard. She is uncertain of major but definitely in the STEM field. She received a composite 36 on her ACT but only a 1530 on the new SAT (800 Math). Should she submit both or just the ACT?
Save the dollars and submit the perfect 36. Do you think the colleges need anything more? Not as far as scores, they don’t.
She will need to send out her two SAT subjects so they can be included at no cost
I also forgot to include CalTech
“She will need to send out her two SAT subjects so they can be included at no cost” Then there was no reason to ask initially in hindsight, right?
Congrats on your D’s achievements to date
@T26E4 her mentioning of subject tests was to justify that her question wasn’t a matter of cost as you had said to ‘save the dollars…’ Her question was I think about whether it would be helpful to send both. So actually there was a reason to ask in hindsight
@MomEof3 I don’t know how this is even a question. Only send the perfect ACT.
There is no reason to send the SAT scores. My D is in the same situation 36 ACT - high but not perfect old SAT Princeton mentions they recommend you send all scores but it’s not a requirement. You might have the urge to send MIT the SAT because of the 800 Math but assuming you have a 36M or even a 35M you’ve checked the box and they’ll be more interested in the rest of the application.
thank you all - so many of the universities/colleges state that they’d like to receive both the ACT and new SAT scores so they can update their data on the new SAT scoring scale - but it’s clearly self serving.