SAT to ACT Score Conversion

Many college applicants take both the SAT and ACT for admission. This trend might be more visible this year thanks to the confusion surrounding the new SAT. For students taking both the exams, it would make sense to submit the best score for admission. Thankfully, College Board and the ATC have put out concordance tables which offer a good comparison between both the exams. In the SAT-ACT concordance tables shown below, you will see that a range of SAT scores along with a single score is concorded to a single ACT score point. That is simply because SAT has more score points than the SAT. The single SAT score point aids in direct comparison with corresponding ACT score point. Also, you will see two tables below. That is because the ACT composite score does not account for the ACT writing test score. So, students who do not opt for the ACT writing test can use the first table. For applicants who have taken the ACT writing, use both the tables and add the scores to get a concorded score on the SAT 600-2400 scale. Bear in mind the ACT and SAT are two very different exams. While the ACT is more focused on academic achievements in high school, SAT stresses in general skills in verbal and quantitative reasoning. There is no real way to equate both the exams or their scores. Understand that the tables below do not equate scores, but provide a useful tool to find comparable scores. SAT Critical Reading + Mathematics (Score Range) ACT Composite Score SAT Critical Reading + Mathematics (Single Score) 1600 36 1600 1540–1590 35 1560 1490–1530 34 1510 1440–1480 33 1460 1400–1430 32 1420 1360–1390 31 1380 1330–1350 30 1340 1290–1320 29 1300 1250–1280 28 1260 1210–1240 27 1220 1170–1200 26 1190 1130–1160 25 1150 1090–1120 24 1110 1050–1080 23 1070 1020–1040 22 1030 980–1010 21 990 940–970 20 950 900–930 19 910 860–890 18 870 820–850 17 830 770–810 16 790 720–760 15 740 670–710 14 690 620–660 13 640 560–610 12 590 510–550 11 530 Â   SAT Writing (Score Range) ACT English/Writing Score SAT Writing (Single Score) 800 36 800 800 35 800 770–790 34 770 730–760 33 740 710–720 32 720 690–700 31 690 660–680 30 670 640–650 29 650 620–630 28 630 610 27 610 590–600 26 590 570–580 25 570 550–560 24 550 530–540 23 530 510–520 22 510 480–500 21 490 470 20 470 450–460 19 450 430–440 18 430 410–420 17 420 390–400 16 400 380 15 380 360–370 14 360 340–350 13 340 320–330 12 330 300–310 11 310 (Source: College Board)