<p>I took the old SAT last year in October and did well enough that I didn't have to take it again. At that point, the colleges I was interested in said they would take the old test. Now, most of my chosen schools want the new test, while some will make composite scores using both tests. I have to therefore take the new one in October. On the old test, I got 760 math and 710 verbal (plus 790 on SAT II Writing). I took practice new SATs, and the scores are fairly close, except for CR, which is around 510. Colleges will see the 710 from the first try, but will, supposing I score around there, the 510 make them think otherwise? And if they see I got 800 in Bio-M and 780 in Math IIC, would that influence them in any way?</p>
<p>There's (almost) no way you could drop 200 points going to the new test. Take a few more practice tests, and only from the blue blook.</p>
<p>hand grading?</p>
<p>Yes. I took the test on collegeboard.com, but maybe I just wasn't concentrating. Regardless, if I do do bad, will that have an overall negative effect?</p>