<p>i asked this question a few times to the admissions officers. they said they ONLY take the highest and that they will not even look at the trend. is that true? my novemeber sat verbal went down 30 but math went up 40. So i hope it won't have a big negative impact on my application as a whole. The thing i am worried about is when they asked me to list my highest verbal and math scores, i put down my only ones from OCT, then i listed NOV as a score they should be expecting... This way, i THINK they will see both my oct score, on the app, and nov score, which they are expecting.... i guess im just out of luck.. but if anyone knows what they do with these scores, please let me know. thx. cuz for me, i am sure they will see scores from both time, since my nov scores are not on there and my math changed.</p>
<p>when they read our app, do they actually have our score report forms infront of them? or do they just have a sheet of paper / or the space on our app, where they only have our highest scores? and if my nov math went up, will they just cross off the highest math i put on my app and change it to the higher nov score, right on my app? i know mit does that, with a sheet of paper and listing down the highest scores.. i just dont want an officer to have both of my scores infront of him/her.</p>
<p>Most schools have a card or a sheet of paper that your first reader fills out with all kinds of data including your highest SAT scores. The truth is though that 30 or 40 points is not a significant difference and won't matter much either way. Good Luck!</p>
<p>Hmm. I wanted to know this too. Thanks, cookiemom!</p>
<p>thx a lot!</p>
<p>i called to ask. this guy, Ryan, told me that they see all test scores taken up to date, but only consider the highest. i think that's kinda bs... if they want to see the highest, why would they have the score reports of all test up to date?? gee..</p>
<p>because your most recent scores are likely to be the best? </p>
<p>Even if technically they don't look at other scores though, I mean, they SEE them and must start questioning if you take it too many times or go down a lot, but I'm sure that makes a very slight difference. </p>
<p>I've also heard that they just look at the scores reported by you on the app and your school on the transcript, and only use the official report to verify, really. Don't know what they do about nov scores but I'm sure they'll update to your highest.</p>
<p>Because the College Board sends all of your scores on the score report. So they see them all, but only consider the highest, and they write those on the "cheat sheet" on the front of the application folder. If you knew how little time they spend reading each folder you'd know that they do not have time to obsess over the SAT scores the way students and parents do.</p>