Do colleges prefer one standardized test over the other???

normanxi
Sat, 03 Jan 2015 03:45:48 +0000

okay, so my brother worked as an admissions consultant for a year or so after he received his bachelor’s degree. he told me, and i have heard this from other sources as well, that ivies definitely prefer the SAT. this is because it is easier to differentiate between all of the high-achieving applicants - with more individual scores available on the SAT, it is easier to pick between 2 similar applicants. because the ACT’s scores are fairly broad (a 36 on the ACT corresponds to i think a range of 2370-2400 on the SAT), it is less useful to the most prestigious universities.