Who would you accept?

Test Preparation SAT Preparation
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<p>Which student should be accepted?</p>

<p>Both students are similar in almost all aspects: they’re from an NJ public school, with a broad and eclectic range of interests and skills. </p>

<h1>1 -</h1>

<p>SAT SCORE: 800 CR, 780 M, 800 WR, 12 E</p>

<h1>2 -</h1>

<p>SAT SCORE: 800 CR, 780 M, 800 WR, 12 E</p>

<p>ACT SCORES SUBMITTED:</p>

<p>June Date: 34 C (35 E, 35 M, 34 R, 32 S)
December Date: 34 C (36 E, 34 M, 35 R, 30 S)</p>

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<p>Well, I think the ACT scores are lower than the SAT scores(using a conversion scale between tests), so I’d pick the 1st one.</p>

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<p>^well you can’t necessarily penalize them because you don’t know what the first student would have gotten. what if he were to get even a lower score? or a equal score to him?</p>

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<p>True, but I see no other way to decide.</p>

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<p>hmm. well would you think the 36 in English and 35’s in Math and Reading somehow “back up” the strong SAT scores?</p>

<p>so as I’m sure you’ve already assumed, these are my scores. I’m not sure whether to bother wasting the $$$ to send the ACT scores, but I don’t want to have wasted all my prep and good scores by not sending them at all…</p>

<p>If I send them, it’ll cost me $200. I’ve already spent $160 on taking the tests… so really its a matter of how much money I’m willing to throw away for superflous scores. Will they even help me in anyway?</p>

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<p>How does the ACT science score compare with your science grades?</p>

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<p>my grades in science are usually 95 - 94 ish. but i’m a prospective history major, with some leanings toward mathematics. </p>

<p>I did apply to MIT however, but I sent all my scores already. my question is for all the other schools like HYP etc.</p>

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<p>I’d have to look at their GPA and ECs before I could make a decision. Both are statistically equivalent in regards to scores.</p>

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<p>assume they’re exactly the same. ^</p>

<p>what then? which set of scores are more impressive? or is there really no difference at all, meaning that I shouldn’t waste the money to send the ACT scores?</p>

<p>what would you do?</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t waste your money. The SAT score is plenty good enough.</p>

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<p>thanks guys. any last thoughts?</p>

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<p>2380 > 34</p>

<p>I believe a 36 is considered to be equivalent to a 2390 (because you can get 36, 36, 35, 35).</p>

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<p>^ Precisely. There is no point in actually sending the ACT scores, as they are inferior to your SAT in every aspect. If you really wish for your complete testing history to be seen, it is enough to put it up on the CommonApp. However - if I can use a scientific metaphore - it is no shame to throw away the results of an experiment that did not go as well as planned.</p>

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<p>DON’T SEND YOUR ACT SCORES… DON’T DO IT!</p>

<p>but seriously, you were a couple points away from a perfect SAT score. Why would you need an above avg. ACT score when you have a near perfect SAT???</p>

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<p>I think in this situation the adcoms would look at other factors. I also don’t think that they would go to the point where they actively compare two students to see who gets one spot. The lower than “expected” ACT score – or higher than “expected” SAT score – doesn’t show much since the ACT and SAT are inherently two different tests. Since the ACT scores the second guy received are still high, he’s fine. It’d be a different story if he consistently got 25s on his ACTs.</p>

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<p>^
It’s not 2 different people; it’s the same person trying to figure out whether sending the ACT scores will help, hinder, or have no effect on him.</p>