Advice re: Harvard Act vs SAT

dadfind
Wed, 09 May 2012 16:49:44 +0000

No, the Ivy colleges have different policies regarding standardized testing - so be sure to carefully read the requirements for each school.
Example: This year Harvard accepts SAT or ACT, but regardless of which one you submit (Harvard only requres one or either), you must also take and submit the results of any two SAT subject tests. You may not use SAT subject test in a language that’s your native tongue to fulfill this requirement. If spanish is your first language, you may not submit SAT Spanish subject test as one of the two (ditto french, etc).
For Yale: ACT plus Writing only OR SAT I plus two SAT Subject tests - so it’s different from Havard in that Yale would accept ACT plus Writing only as fulfilling their standardized testing requirement. But if you want to use SAT I, you must also submit two SAT subject tests.

ACT has come a long way and it’s now accepted by all colleges in place of SAT I (reasoning test) or in place of both SAT I and SAT Subject tests (formerly SAT II)