Which to send to colleges, ACT or SAT?

drusba
Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:30:13 +0000

If you send both, Stanford will rely on the one it believes is higher for the purpose of admission. You could just send the ACT because Stanford does not require SAT II’s. Nevertheless, it does “recommend” SAT II’s and many applicants construe that as meaning they better send II’s. If you order official SAT II scores sent to Stanford, the College Board will automatically also send your SAT I score. You should also note that your high school transcript that will be sent to Stanford most likely will show all your test scores, so you really have little ability to prevent Stanford from knowing a score.