Does composite look better to most colleges?

Test Preparation
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<p>Weird situation happened here. I'm aiming for really, really high colleges btw.</p>

<p>So I took the October SAT - did really well. 800 Reading, 770 Math, 720 Writing, 2290 total
Decided to take november SAT because I knew I could do better on writing since that's usually my forte (and maybe math as well)</p>

<p>November SAT - 780 Writing, 750 Math, 730 Reading. 2260 Total. Worse than I did in October</p>

<p>However, if you take the best from both, you get 800 Reading, 780 Writing, 770 Math, so 2350 total. Personally, I think that this is fine but I'm worried that colleges don't look at composite as much. I'm almost positive I shouldn't retake, but does anyone have any advice on scoring a better composite but doing worse overall the second time? Especially when I only lost 30 points.</p>

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<p>Most colleges, even the highly selective ones, will superscore. You should be fine. And, my understanding is that the Writing is given the least weighting by most adcoms so your first score should be fine even without superscoring.</p>

<p>In any event, both scores are high enough that you will not be rejected anywhere because of them. I would be confident that your application will be put in the first or second pile with the 2400 applicants at the most selective schools.</p>

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<p>Thanks! Do you know which (if any) schools do NOT superscore?</p>

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<p>Check the websites of the schools you are interested in. They typically have a specific section answering all standardized test requirement questions.</p>

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<p>kk, and thanks!</p>