<p>Some other Midwestern schools</p>
<p>Macalester
ACT 28-32 (=1260-1420)
SAT 1250-1440 (=28-32)</p>
<p>Carleton
ACT 29-33 (=1300-1460)
SAT 1310-1490 (=29-34)</p>
<p>Grinnell
ACT 29-33 (=1300-1460)
SAT 1330-1490 (=30-34)</p>
<p>Northwestern
ACT 30-34 (=1340-1510)
SAT 1350-1520 (=30-34)</p>
<p>In short, at top Midwestern schools there is virtually no gap at all between ACT scores and SAT scores, and what little gap there is is easily explained by the widespread practice of superscoring SATs but not ACTs. This is broadly consistent with my hypothesis ^^ that it’s not Midwesterners bringing down the ACT averages at elite East Coast schools; it’s more likely Easterners who did poorly on the SAT, took the ACT as an alternative, did a little better on the ACT but not extremely well, yet got accepted into elite schools anyway on the strength of things like GPA/class rank/ECs/“hooks.”</p>