SAT — ACT Score Conversion Table

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.

This table is an approximation and should be interpreted with caution. Comparing ACT and SAT scores is not simple, since the two tests do not measure the same set of abilities. We explain the differences between the two tests elsewhere on this website: www.berkeleytutors.net/satoract/

Perhaps most useful in comparing the two tests are percentile ranking, which we include in the last column of the table below. For example, if a student had a composite score of 25 on the ACT, then about 75-79 percent of recent high school students who took this test achieved a score of 25 or below.

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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