Official SAT to ACT concordance

1600 SAT to ACT conversion

Based on the official concordance tables, a SAT 1600 converts to an ACT composite score of 36.

SAT 1600 to ACT

Converted ACT score

36
SAT total
1600
ACT composite
36
The concordance is a statistical comparison and is best used for planning.
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Official concordance

Source: ACT/College Board 2018 concordance table (SAT total to ACT composite).

Use for planning

Concordance tables are statistical comparisons, not exact predictions for individual results.