<p>for cornell superscoring the SAT (i.e give the highest out of all 3 sections, )</p>
<p>i got a 12 on my essay, and 560 on on writing (without essay) for a 630 combined.</p>
<p>but i am retaking the SAT, and lets say i get a 10 on my essay and 580 without essay and get a 620 combined.</p>
<p>will my 12 essay be added to my 580 sat in a superscore, or is it only superscored when writing and essay are combined so it would be a 630 again?</p>
<p>please help!</p>
<p>Very interesting question actually.. </p>
<p>The essay, however, is not separated from the non-writing portion. Therefore, you cannot take an essay score and a non-essay score from different tests and combine them. </p>
<p>Hope that answers your question.</p>
<p>Cornell doesn't look at the writing section buddy.</p>
<p>The essay should be weighed much more heavily, but most schools don't care about the writing section, anyway.</p>
<p>true that tboonepickens but regardless, would other superscoring colleges do that? sorry if i am in teh wrong section but no one is answering in the sat forum... thnx thephilosopher</p>
<p>I guess the real answer is both A) no one knows for sure and B) it varies by college</p>
<p>No they definitely would not be able to do that. Every administration of the test is curved differently so you can't really separate parts of a section. That would be like getting all the MC but half the fill ins right on one math section and the opposite on the other and hoping to superscore to an 800 math.</p>
<p>thanks bayalay ur comparison makes alot of sense. dangit now i have to get another 12, not going to be easy....</p>
<p>does cornell really not look at the writing score..?</p>
<p>It will not be considered, unless there are two applicants with the same EVERYTHING, and they have to look at something else. In other words, no, they don't look at it.</p>
<p>aw bummer...writing is the section i got 800 on. without the writing score, my sat is not strong at all :/</p>