Do most colleges take the highest SAT from more than one sitting or just one sitting?

Applying to College
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<p>Do most colleges (BS/MD programs in particular) take the highest sitting or combined from multiple sittings? thanks....for example if i got a 730 verbal 690 math in one sitting and a 700 verbal 800 math another sitting....would they take 800 math 730 verbal for 1530? Also, if my ACT is higher do they just ignore the SAT? Another thing, is it more impressive if one achieves a higher score in 10th grade (33)?</p>

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<p>Combined from multiple sittings. This is verified by many, many colleges.</p>

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would they take 800 math 730 verbal for 1530?

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Yes.</p>

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<p>Thanks SX91....do u know the answer to the other questions?</p>

<p>hmmmm,,,hjkjhj</p>

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<p>Admissions committees look at all (highest) standardized test scores you send them, so you probably would not want to have a great discrepancy between SAT and ACT scores. They are not known to look at the date/school grade of testing as a basis for acceptance/denial.</p>

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<p>How about the UC's? Do they do 1 sitting or best section from multiple sittings?</p>

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<p>UCs are the only schools I know of that take the best scores from a single sitting.</p>

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<p>do they just pretend the other scores don't exist?</p>

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<p>yup. They also take your two highest SATIIs, and add them to the 3 single sitting high SATI scores to come up with your SAT index.</p>

<p>so good SATIIs can really help you out at the UCs</p>

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<p>so for most schools other than the ucs...</p>

<p>if i took the new sat twice, say i got 700 800 700 (math, cr, writing)
and then took it again and got 650 700 750 (math, cr, writing)</p>

<p>would they count it as 700,800, 750(math, cr, writing)
?</p>

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<p>university of washington is single sitting also</p>

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<p>Yes, crouton, most schools would take those last scores as your best.
Usually somewhere in the colleges websites or other material you can find this information.</p>

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<p>So people who got it in a single sitting wouldn't be at an advantage over people who got it over more than one sitting rite?</p>

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<p>If you take them more than 4 times, rutgers looks t single sitting, not combined</p>

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<p>Also, what if your ACT score (33) is higher than your SAT scores (1420)....what do colleges do then?</p>

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<p>they take the higher of the two</p>