ACT/SAT on AMCAS?

[wetlightning]

hey guys,

i know that the TMDSAS asks for ACT/SAT scores, in case an applicant had a totally weird MCAT performance in comparison to his/her GPA and previous standardized test scores.

On AMCAS, there is a section for "other tests," but the examples listed are GRE/LSAT, etc. is it a good idea to put down ACT/SAT scores if they were good? do you think that helps the app at all?

reason i ask, is cause i have a feeling that my ACT/SAT percentiles were much better than my mcat ones

tell me what you think!

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[qqq]

i think that would be absolutely ridiculous. on one of my secondaries, however, i was required to record sat and act. don't remembver which school.

 

[CerealBox]

I don't think it would be ridiculous at all. It shows that you can perform well on standardized exams.

I don't think it would hurt. The worst is that it just wouldn't help.

 

[wetlightning]

thanks! bump--did anyone else do this?

 

[DrBowtie]

It is predominantly refering to tests like the GRE, GMAT, LSAT because those are needed for dual programs. I agree that while I don't think it will help, it won't hurt either.

 

[NiteOwl]

I don't think it would be ridiculous at all. It shows that you can perform well on standardized exams.

I don't think it would hurt. The worst is that it just wouldn't help.

I think it would be rediculous, I made a 20 on the ACT. I really don't think that that would help me at all...

 

[crazy_cavalier]

Lordy, anyone who responds "that's ridiculous!" does so (probably) because they had poor SAT/ACT scores, and anyone who responds "that's not ridiculous at all!" (probably) had great scores.

If you had great scores, just go ahead and report it. As for me, I'm only reporting the MCAT. I don't feel the SAT means anything at all. That test is really quite a FARCE, in my opinion - and I'm saying that coming out of it with a 1400, so I wasn't exactly pissy about it because I got a low score or anything. I also feel the SAT scores at this point are very outdated, since they were taken what, 4+ years ago, so they don't strongly attest to anything now...

 

[wetlightning]

Lordy, anyone who responds "that's ridiculous!" does so (probably) because they had poor SAT/ACT scores, and anyone who responds "that's not ridiculous at all!" (probably) had great scores.

If you had great scores, just go ahead and report it. As for me, I'm only reporting the MCAT. I don't feel the SAT means anything at all. That test is really quite a FARCE, in my opinion - and I'm saying that coming out of it with a 1400, so I wasn't exactly pissy about it because I got a low score or anything. I also feel the SAT scores at this point are very outdated, since they were taken what, 4+ years ago, so they don't strongly attest to anything now...

agreed! the only thing that made me think of this was that i was filling out the TMDSAS app, and they ask for both, so i wondered what the deal was.

i've heard it's b/c they want to gauge your general trend in standardized test taking. granted, many people step it up w/ the mcat and do much better on it than they did with the standardized tests. on my part, i had really good sat/act scores, so if i screw up the mcat i want them to know that i have done well on tests in the past

 

[UCLAstudent]

Not on AMCAS, but on some secondaries. I know that Baylor asks for SAT scores.

 

[MD Rapper]

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[QofQuimica]

I included my GRE scores, but not my SAT or ACT....mostly because I don't remember exactly what they were anymore, let alone the DATE that I took them.

 

[Hotbodmatt]

i'll probably include my SAT scores because it's one way i can tell them that i'm good at other things like math. but my scores will mean nothing compared to my duke peers (average SAT = 1440).

 

[45408]

Not gonna bother giving mine. There's enough other stuff on my AMCAS.