# Do ACT Subscores Matter for SAT Conversion? **URL:** \ **Category:** Answers\ **Tags:** actenglish, act-math, act-subscores, sat-scores, act-scores\ **Created:** [April 12, 2016, 6:06am UTC](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/t/do-act-subscores-matter-for-sat-conversion/7698 "2016-04-12T06:06:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Laura\_PrepScholar](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/user_avatar/experthub.prepscholar.com/laura_prepscholar/32/15_2.png) [@Laura\_PrepScholar](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/u/Laura_PrepScholar)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/t/do-act-subscores-matter-for-sat-conversion/7698/2 "2016-04-12T06:43:32Z")
**Math and English subscores do not matter when it comes to comparing ACT and SAT scores.** There are no conversion charts yet for the current SAT, but for the old out-of-2400 SAT, the only relevant information used to [convert ACT scores to SAT scores](https://blog.prepscholar.com/act-to-sat-conversion) **was the composite ACT score**. According to these charts, a 30 composite score would've been equivalent to about a 2000 SAT score. The only reasons you'd want to have [higher subscores in certain areas](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/t/english-act-more-important-than-reading-act/7458) would be if you're applying to a specialized program (like [engineering school](https://blog.prepscholar.com/get-into-engineering-schools-like-mit-caltech-cmu-or-rpi-with-the-sat)) that might, for instance, value Math and Science scores more than Reading and English scores, or if you're applying to a [school that superscores the ACT](https://blog.prepscholar.com/colleges-that-superscore-act-complete-list). Otherwise, colleges are going to look at your composite and section scores. --- _[View the full topic](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/t/do-act-subscores-matter-for-sat-conversion/7698)._