Test Prep

ACT to SAT Conversion

Type in an ACT Composite or an SAT total and get the equivalent on the other test. Every conversion uses the official concordance table from College Board and ACT, the same one admissions offices use.

ACT Composite

1 to 36

ACT to SAT conversion chart

Pick a score to see every college where it falls inside the published range.

ACT	SAT	SAT range	ACT national rank
36	1590	1570–1600	100th
35	1540	1530–1560	99th
34	1500	1490–1520	99th
33	1460	1450–1480	98th
32	1430	1420–1440	97th
31	1400	1390–1410	96th
30	1370	1360–1380	94th
29	1340	1330–1350	93rd
28	1310	1300–1320	91st
27	1280	1260–1290	89th
26	1240	1230–1250	86th
25	1210	1200–1220	83rd
24	1180	1160–1190	80th
23	1140	1130–1150	77th
22	1110	1100–1120	72nd
21	1080	1060–1090	68th
20	1040	1030–1050	63rd
19	1010	990–1020	58th
18	970	960–980	52nd
17	930	920–950	47th
16	890	880–910	41st
15	850	830–870	34th
14	800	780–820	28th
13	760	730–770	20th
12	710	690–720	13th
11	670	650–680	6th
10	630	620–640	2nd
9	590	590–610	1st

SAT to ACT, score by score

Every SAT total the official table covers. Each page lists the colleges in range for that score.

Which score should you send?

Convert both to the same scale and send the higher one. If they land on the same number, either is fine. To work out a score from a practice test first, use the ACT score calculator or the SAT score calculator.

Frequently asked questions

How do you convert an ACT score to an SAT score?

Use the official concordance table that College Board and ACT published together in 2018. It pairs every ACT Composite from 9 to 36 with an SAT total. A 30 on the ACT is a 1370 on the SAT, a 32 is a 1430, and a 34 is a 1500.

Is the 2018 conversion table still the official one?

Yes. It is the most recent concordance the two organizations have published together, and ACT still posts it as the table to use when comparing the two tests.

Why does one ACT score match several SAT scores?

The ACT Composite has 36 possible values and the SAT total has 121, so each ACT score covers a band of SAT scores. An ACT 30 covers SAT totals from 1360 to 1380. When a single number is needed, the table names one of them, which for a 30 is 1370.

Do colleges prefer the SAT or the ACT?

Colleges that consider test scores accept either one and use the concordance to compare them. Send whichever is stronger after conversion.

Sources: 2018 ACT/SAT Concordance Tables (ACT and College Board), Tables A1 and A2; ACT Score National Ranks, 2026-2027 reporting year.