<p>what would an ivy league think if your first sat score was around 300 points lower than your 2nd score?</p>
<p>They'd be glad to see in improvement..?</p>
<p>If you're class of '10 or beyond, you don't even have to show them your first score.</p>
<p>really? so they wouldn't hold the low first score against you?</p>
<p>I think their only outlook can be positive that a student can improve that much.</p>
<p>I think they would either assume you had taken ill on the first test, or had something personal come up that did not allow you to finish it or concentrate on the exam.</p>
<p>I think they would simply disregard the first score.</p>
<p>I once took the GMAT knowing I had to be in a wedding procession 45 minutes away exactly one hour after the exam ended. The wedding was planned last minute so that I didn't have any good options for postponing the exam and still neet my application deadlines. Needless to say, I was more stressed than usual and didn't concentrate well. I kept having to read the paragraphs over again and rushed many answers. I explained this in my admissions interview, and asked if I needed to retake the GMAT... fortunately the guy understood and told me no need to retake.</p>
<p>They might also think there's extenuating circumstances. Maybe you were sick when you took the first one or something like that.</p>
<p>They won't see the lower scores... They take a composite of your best scores and make a superscore. They never even see the lower scores from what I've heard, they run it through a machine.</p>
<p>i agree that theyd not only just see the higher scores, but if they did see the lower ones theyd like the improvement and probably think the first was a fluke -- its much easier to have a bad test than get lucky and somehow jump up 300 pts</p>
<p>To answer: yes, for class of '10 and beyond, you can select which SAT sitting's scores you would like to send to colleges. It's a change in policy for CollegeBoard.</p>
<p>They'll probably think you took an SAT prep course...?</p>
<p>although what if had 2 exams of the same score and one of a 300 point increase</p>