You’ve prepped for the ACT, dedicated a Saturday to taking the test, and received your score report. Now you're wondering how you would have scored on the SAT instead. Can you convert your scores between the SAT and ACT?
In March 2016, the College Board (creator of the SAT) released concordance tables to help admissions officers compare SAT and ACT scores during the admission process. You can use our tools to convert your ACT scores to SAT scores or convert your SAT scores to ACT scores. Scroll down for a look at the underlying data on the SAT to ACT conversion chart.
Input your ACT score to see how well you might do on the SAT.
Input your SAT score to see how well you might do on the ACT.
You can see composite SAT/ACT score concordance data below.
SAT | ACT | SAT | ACT | SAT | ACT | ||
1600 | 36 | 1250 | 26 | 900 | 17 | ||
1590 | 35 | 1240 | 26 | 890 | 16 | ||
1580 | 35 | 1230 | 25 | 880 | 16 | ||
1570 | 35 | 1220 | 25 | 870 | 16 | ||
1560 | 35 | 1210 | 25 | 860 | 16 | ||
1550 | 34 | 1200 | 25 | 850 | 15 | ||
1540 | 34 | 1190 | 24 | 840 | 15 | ||
1530 | 34 | 1180 | 24 | 830 | 15 | ||
1520 | 34 | 1170 | 24 | 820 | 15 | ||
1510 | 33 | 1160 | 24 | 810 | 15 | ||
1500 | 33 | 1150 | 23 | 800 | 14 | ||
1490 | 33 | 1140 | 23 | 790 | 14 | ||
1480 | 32 | 1130 | 23 | 780 | 14 | ||
1470 | 32 | 1120 | 22 | 770 | 14 | ||
1460 | 32 | 1110 | 22 | 760 | 14 | ||
1450 | 32 | 1100 | 22 | 750 | 13 | ||
1440 | 31 | 1090 | 21 | 740 | 13 | ||
1430 | 31 | 1080 | 21 | 730 | 13 | ||
1420 | 31 | 1070 | 21 | 720 | 13 | ||
1410 | 30 | 1060 | 21 | 710 | 12 | ||
1400 | 30 | 1050 | 20 | 700 | 12 | ||
1390 | 30 | 1040 | 20 | 690 | 12 | ||
1380 | 29 | 1030 | 20 | 680 | 12 | ||
1370 | 29 | 1020 | 20 | 670 | 12 | ||
1360 | 29 | 1010 | 19 | 660 | 12 | ||
1350 | 29 | 1000 | 19 | 650 | 12 | ||
1340 | 28 | 990 | 19 | 640 | 12 | ||
1330 | 28 | 980 | 19 | 630 | 12 | ||
1320 | 28 | 970 | 18 | 620 | 11 | ||
1310 | 28 | 960 | 18 | 610 | 11 | ||
1300 | 27 | 950 | 18 | 600 | 11 | ||
1290 | 27 | 940 | 18 | 590 | 11 | ||
1280 | 27 | 930 | 17 | 580 | 11 | ||
1270 | 26 | 920 | 17 | 570 | 11 | ||
1260 | 26 | 910 | 17 | 560 | 11 |
If a college's admissions policy indicates that they accept scores from either test, you can be certain that the school does not favor one over the other. Check out SAT vs ACT for an overview of the differences between the exams or take our handy SAT or ACT QUIZ. An increasing number of students consider taking both exams.
The best way to determine which test will best reflect your academic potential is to do a trial run of both exams. We offer free practice tests for both the SAT and ACT under the same testing conditions as the actual exams.Our awesome test prep experts will help you understand your personalized score report and make a plan for getting the score you want.
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