<p>Question: We’re told that colleges consider only the highest SAT scores. But the report they receive from the College Board shows all scores. What assurance do we have, if any, that admissions people are in fact only seeing the highest scores? To put it another way, what’s to prevent them consulting the full report if [...]</p>
<p>So if a school uses a superscore, in theory they will only consider the highest total. If you have time, can you evaluate my situation? I'm one of the worriers, unfortunately.</p>
<p>I've taken the SAT I 3 times.</p>
<p>My first time and my 3rd time I broke 2000 scoring in the mid ranges, superscored, I have a 2100. </p>
<p>However, I was really sick the 2nd time I took the SAT and only scored an 1890. None of the sections of that test are part of my superscore, so how worried should I be?</p>
<p>Admission officials won't pay much attention to the scores you earned the day you were sick ... and some may not see them at all. So don't worry. If the scores were WAY worse (e.g., in the neighborhood of 1500), they might raise a flag, but certainly not in this case. </p>
<p>But a word to ALL students: I often hear, "I didn't do well on such-and-such a test date because I was really sick ..."</p>
<p>I suggest that, if you're sick, stay home! I realize that sometimes you may pop up in the morning feeling kind of crummy, but you ply yourself with Motrin or Sudafed and hope for the best ... then you only get worse as the day goes on (and the test-stress doesn't help).</p>
<p>But for those of you who are practically crawling to the test site, it's not worth it!</p>
<p>I got sick the first time I took the PSAT, in the middle of the test, but since that was in 9th grade, it didn’t really matter. I was pretty miserable, though. I would say it might be good to walk out if it matters, if you can afford it. However, I took the SAT twice, and my writing score improved by 120 points the second time around. Colleges saw both scores, but I have gotten into all my colleges and am just waiting for Stanford, so I’d say that so long as the SAT scores improve, colleges won’t mind.</p>
<p>(Although some of that might be because I took my first SAT in 10th grade, and so had a year to get better, and the colleges might understand that–well–it was tenth grade.)</p>
<p>So if I take the SAT I 4 times and bring my score up from a 1700 (Freshman Year) to a 2200 (late junior or early senior year) do you think that would work against me? Or would that show perseverance and all that other good stuff?</p>
<p>^^^When you take it like that it is like if you were monitoring yourself and your schooling. Nothing wrong with that. Gradual improvement (even not so gradual) would be perfectly normal. I see it as a small investment (in time and money) in a diagnostic tool, and the best practice test is the test itself.</p>
<p>Doesn’t the SAT have score choice now as of March 2009?</p>