Different SAT-ACT Concordance

Test Preparation
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<p>Do colleges often use their own SAT-ACT Concordances? It would seem strange if they did because they probably did not do a rigorous statistical study like the ACT and Collegeboard did.
Yet, today on Rutgers’s scholarship page I noticed the following (<a href=“http://admissions.rutgers.edu/costs/scholarships/firstyearscholarships.aspx[/url]”>http://admissions.rutgers.edu/costs/scholarships/firstyearscholarships.aspx&lt;/a&gt;
“at least 2250 combined SAT or an ACT score of 35 and an A grade point average.” (Should be a lower 34 ACT by far - <a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/pdf/reference.pdf[/url]”>http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/pdf/reference.pdf&lt;/a&gt;)</p>

<p>“and most had combined SAT’s of at least 1950 or 30 ACT or higher. New Jersey and out-of-state students are eligible.” : (Should be a 29 ACT)</p>

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<p>Many that do any conversions (which itself is a minority) use their own concordance tables. Even then, when dealing with such things as minimums for scholarships, rather than what is needed for admission, you cannot assume they are even doing any comparison but instead may be choosing minimums for each test that some administrator thinks is right, without even considering whether the two scores compare to each other.</p>