<p>A 36 is harder for another reason. Most schools allow you to take the best SAT subscores from multiple sittings. So, many who got a 1600 may have done so through muliple sittings. You can not do this with the ACT.</p>
<p>In 2004 ony 224 students got a 36 composite out of almost 1.2M ACT test takers.</p>