SAT-ACT Concordance Table

Test Preparation
1

<p>Hi,</p>

<p>Is there a “true” version of this? I know the ones posted by CB and ACT are in fact not accurate when adcoms review applicants. </p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

2

<p>There is no universal way to convert these scores. Each school may value different section scores more. Those tables are just for reference purpose.</p>

3

<p>Do you have a link to any of the Ivy’s table? or is that an unknown?</p>

4

<p>How do you “know for a fact” this is not accurate?
<a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html”>http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html&lt;/a&gt;
This is the data published by the company that makes the test and collects the score data.</p>

5

<p>Because some schools tend to weigh more on the STEMs while others weigh more on the language. Also it depends whether you are STEM applicant or LA applicant. </p>

6

<p>you can use my website <a href=“http://collegescores.atspace.cc/”>http://collegescores.atspace.cc/&lt;/a&gt; to see the average SAT score of a school that has the same average ACT score as you. I know this isn’t exactly what you’re asking but it could give you somewhat of an idea. </p>

7

<p>OP, if some schools tend to weight M or CR more then there is no “true” version. It all depends on how the college views the numbers.</p>

8

<p>That is a helpful website. If you want to buff it out a bit, consider adding the 25-75% range for the scores as all colleges report that too.</p>

9

<p>Even with the same sections they considered, the conversion rate of different schools may be slightly different. There are sites comparing the scores in percentile of students. There is at least one site I found that they compare the test scores of the students taking both test. All these are not very meaningful as schools may add weight to certain section. They are just for your reference. For instance, many schools would not view 800+700 and 700+800 in CR+M the same.</p>

10

<p>Only some colleges even use conversion tables. The others know what they are looking for on both tests and do not rely on conversions. Those that do conversions usually do not tell you the tables they use and many won’t even confirm they do conversions. Some (none of your high ranks as far as I am aware) actually use the tables published by CB and ACT. Majority, however, have thier own tables including because those ACT/CB tables are now several years old (from 2008 based on data before 2008) and thus should not be relied on to do conversions. The conversion tables colleges use may use national data from the tests in the last couple years (e.g., Gtech) or tables based on actual applicants in the last few years to the particular university (e.g., UTexas). As a result, you should assume that the ACT/CB tables are a guide only.</p>

11

<p>Which begs the question, how do the applicants know that their sub-scores are good for the schools/majors they are applying to?</p>

12

<p>Look for the admission stat at the school’s website. Most of the time, it would not go down to the details of individual major, but sometimes for different schools within the same university.</p>