<p>I understand that Cornell forces its applicants to send all SAT scores even with score choice. But does it really affect the student's chances if he sends one score that's like a 1800 and one score thats a 2100?</p>
<p>My son was accepted this year…first score 2180 , second 2320 with a superscore of 2340.
SAT II of 750,740, 750. GPA 4.0/4.0 ranked #1 in a not so well know public high school in WA that has sent a few kids to Cornell for athletics in the past. He was rejected at Stanford EA and Princeton RD. Waitlisted at Columbia and Harvard.
I think after you hit at 2100 or so, other factors play into acceptance.</p>
<p>Though ^ scores were higher than your sons you shouldn’t feel that a difference like that will be significant. They know that some people just do better on a second or third test. I got my best scores in each subject on different tests. At any score level there are many other factors that go into admissions, especially at Cornell with such a diverse student body.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that the SAT system is changing next year. Instead of sending all of your scores, you can pick and choose your scores provided that they are from the same test date. So for example, a student could choose to send a score of 2100 from a June sitting and never send a score of 1800 from a previous sitting. However, this eliminates superscoring.</p>
<p>Check the collegeboard site for more details.</p>