The makers of the SAT and ACT tests have created a conversion table that correlates scores on the one test with scores on the other. We present this table below (the data comes from students taking these tests in 2011) along with a percentile ranking.
CR=Critical Reading M=Math W=Writing
ACT Composite Score
|
Estimated
SAT CR+M+W |
Estimated
SAT CR+M+W (Score Range)
|
SAT CR+M (Single Score)
|
SAT Writing (Single Score)
|
Percentile
Ranking on CR+M+W
|
36
|
2390
|
2380–2400
|
1600
|
800
|
99
|
35
|
2330
|
2290–2370
|
1560
|
800
|
99
|
34
|
2250
|
2220–2280
|
1510
|
770
|
99
|
33
|
2180
|
2140–2210
|
1460
|
740
|
99
|
32
|
2120
|
2080–2130
|
1420
|
720
|
97-98
|
31
|
2060
|
2020–2070
|
1380
|
690
|
95-97
|
30
|
2000
|
1980–2010
|
1340
|
670
|
93-95
|
29
|
1940
|
1920–1970
|
1300
|
650
|
90-93
|
28
|
1880
|
1860–1910
|
1260
|
630
|
88-91
|
27
|
1820
|
1800–1850
|
1220
|
610
|
84-87
|
26
|
1770
|
1740–1790
|
1190
|
590
|
80-84
|
25
|
1710
|
1680–1730
|
1150
|
570
|
75-79
|
24
|
1650
|
1620–1670
|
1110
|
550
|
70-74
|
23
|
1590
|
1560–1610
|
1070
|
530
|
64-68
|
22
|
1530
|
1510–1550
|
1030
|
510
|
58-62
|
21
|
1470
|
1450–1500
|
990
|
490
|
51-55
|
20
|
1410
|
1390–1440
|
950
|
470
|
44-48
|
19
|
1350
|
1330–1380
|
910
|
450
|
37-41
|
18
|
1290
|
1270–1320
|
870
|
430
|
30-34
|
17
|
1230
|
1210–1260
|
830
|
420
|
27-28
|
16
|
1170
|
1140–1200
|
790
|
400
|
21
|
15
|
1100
|
1060–1130
|
740
|
380
|
15-16
|
14
|
1020
|
990–1050
|
690
|
360
|
11
|
13
|
950
|
910–980
|
640
|
340
|
6-7
|
12
|
870
|
820–900
|
590
|
330
|
3-6
|
11
|
780
|
750–810
|
530
|
310
|
1-4
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