New SAT Conversion Chart: Old 2400 to New Digital SAT 1600 (Official)

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The SAT had another redesign in 2023/2024 when it went completely digital, but the new Digital SAT is still scored on a 1600-point scale like the 2016-2023 test, so no major changes there. But how do you compare a new Digital SAT score with one on the old SAT 2400 scale? What scores are colleges looking for since some still don't have data on the new SAT?

The official new SAT to old SAT conversion charts below offer the most accurate score conversions from one SAT to the other. If you need to convert your new Digital SAT score to an old SAT score, or vice versa, simply use our handy conversion tool below to find your score.

After you get your SAT conversion, keep reading—I tell you why it's easier to get a higher SAT score than before due to the new SAT scoring advantage (the new SAT score is higher in certain score regions!).

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Old 2400 SAT to New 1600 SAT Conversion Tool

If you've taken both the new Digital SAT and old SAT and want to know which test you've done better on, this tool will do that automatically for you.

Enter your old SAT scores on the LEFT to get your new SAT scores on the RIGHT.

Enter your old 2400 SAT here:
Old Math (max 800) Old Reading (max 800) Old Writing (max 800) Get new 1600 SAT scores here:
Old Total SAT (max 2400) New Math (max 800) New Reading + Writing (max 800) New Total SAT (max 1600)

New Digital SAT to Old 2400 SAT Conversion Tool

Alternatively, if you want to input your new Digital SAT scores and get old SAT scores, here's how to do it:

Enter your new 1600 SAT here:
New Math (max 800) New Reading + Writing (max 800) Get old 2400 SAT scores here:
New Total SAT (max 1600) Old Math (max 800) Old Reading + Writing (max 1600) Old Total SAT (max 2400)

Official Old SAT to New SAT Conversion Charts

We created our conversion tools above using the College Board's official SAT conversion charts. Now, we give you actual conversion tables so that you can see more clearly how new Digital SAT scores match up with old SAT scores (and vice versa).

Before you use these tables, know that the most accurate conversion method is to split up the score conversion section by section. In other words, don't just use the College Board's total composite conversion chart (from 2400 to 1600); these can be inaccurate as they ignore the fact that individual sections convert scores differently.

For example, if you're converting from an old SAT score to a new Digital SAT score, you'd do the following:

Old SAT Math to New SAT Math Conversion Table

Math is straightforward because both the new Digital SAT and old SAT Math sections are out of 800.

Old SAT Math New SAT Math Old SAT Math New SAT Math Old SAT Math New SAT Math
800 800 600 620 400 440
790 800 590 610 390 430
780 790 580 600 380 420
770 780 570 590 370 410
760 780 560 580 360 400
750 770 550 570 350 390
740 760 540 570 340 380
730 760 530 560 330 370
720 750 520 550 320 360
710 740 510 540 310 360
700 730 500 530 300 350
690 720 490 520 290 340
680 710 480 510 280 330
670 700 470 510 270 310
660 690 460 500 260 300
650 670 450 490 250 280
640 660 440 480 240 260
630 650 430 470 230 250
620 640 420 460 220 230
610 630 410 450 210 220
200 200

Old SAT Reading + Writing to New SAT Reading + Writing Conversion Table

On the old SAT, Reading and Writing were separate sections, each out of 800. On the new SAT, however, these two sections are combined for a total Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (EBRW) score out of 800.

In this table, we added the old SAT Reading and Writing sections together to get a single Reading and Writing score out of 1600.

Old R+W New R+W Old R+W New R+W Old R+W New R+W
1600 800 1200 650 800 450
1590 800 1190 650 790 440
1580 800 1180 650 780 440
1570 790 1170 640 770 430
1560 790 1160 640 760 430
1550 780 1150 630 750 420
1540 780 1140 630 740 420
1530 780 1130 620 730 410
1520 770 1120 620 720 410
1510 770 1110 610 710 400
1500 770 1100 610 700 400
1490 760 1090 600 690 390
1480 760 1080 600 680 390
1470 760 1070 590 670 380
1460 750 1060 590 660 380
1450 750 1050 580 650 370
1440 750 1040 580 640 370
1430 740 1030 570 630 360
1420 740 1020 570 620 360
1410 740 1010 560 610 360
1400 730 1000 560 600 350
1390 730 990 550 590 350
1380 730 980 550 580 340
1370 720 970 540 570 340
1360 720 960 540 560 330
1350 710 950 530 550 330
1340 710 940 530 540 330
1330 710 930 520 530 320
1320 700 920 510 520 320
1310 700 910 510 510 310
1300 700 900 500 500 310
1290 690 890 500 490 300
1280 690 880 490 480 290
1270 680 870 490 470 280
1260 680 860 480 460 270
1250 680 850 480 450 260
1240 670 840 470 440 240
1230 670 830 460 430 230
1220 660 820 460 420 220
1210 660 810 450 410 210
400 200

Using the two section tables above, you can convert any scores from the new SAT to the old SAT, and vice versa. You can then add up the scores you find to get your composite score.

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Composite New SAT to Old SAT Conversion Chart

This SAT conversion table is the one I recommend not using since it goes from composite score to composite score. This manner of translating scores is less accurate than splitting up your composite score section by section as recommended above.

For example, here are two scenarios of a student with an 1800 score on the old SAT. If you just use the table below, you'd get 1290 as your new total SAT score. But this is just an approximation—if you use your section scores, you end up with entirely different conversions!

Scenario 1