<p>For those with good ACT scores, this is a little disheartening </p>
<p>Distribution of SAT I Scores</p>
<p>Score Percent
Admitted
Critical Reading Math Writing
750-800 26% 21% 27%
700-740 20% 18% 21%
650-690 16% 15% 15%
600-640 14% 14% 12%
550-590 8% 10% 8%
500-540 4% 4% 4%
Under 500 1% 1% 1%
ACT only 16% 16% 16%
Incomplete Testing 0% 0% 0%
Total 16.1% 16.1% 16.1%</p>
<p>Does this mean that a high SAT score is superior to a high ACT score?
How do I interpret these statistics (taken from the Penn website)?</p>
<p>Since there is no breakdown of the ACT scores, the information doesn’t tell you much of anything about the ACTs. In fact, students who only report the ACT are accepted at a 16% rate overall, which is very close to the overall Penn acceptance rate (not a big surprise). I would assume that students with ACT scores of 34+ are accepted at a much higher rate than students with an ACT score of 25, similar to the SAT acceptance rates.</p>
<p>^^^ Definitely valid. I got in using ACT only (34). The breakdown also does not show scores as midatlman said, but Penn’s mid range is 30-33, so you need good scores. If people submitted SAT and ACT, which I am sure many do, they take the higher score. They give each student the best chance to get in, after all, they want your money.</p>