<p>After looking at my May SAT I test, I dropped 170 points... from 2170. That's a terrible and quite frankly, a huge drop, so I was wondering if that would hurt me in any way when I'm applying for college... especially to colleges that do not accept the Score Choice policy.</p>
<p>I know taking the SATs for a third time is not good, but that could be an option... which is the route that my dad wants me to take. I don't necessarily agree with him though.</p>
<p>Do you guys have any ideas?</p>
<p>most colleges only look at the scores you choose to send them - you don’t have to send them the may sat scores…</p>
<p>I thought that you could only choose to send certain scores if the college accepted Score Choice.</p>
<p>Well theres a fuzzy line between score choice and sending colleges scores that you want to - score choice actually allows you to choose the single highest score from each section, known as superscoring. Basically, any school that accepts score choice superscores.</p>
<p>For example</p>
<p>My March Sat - 1840 (M 650 CR 580 W 610)
My May Sat - 1870 (M 600 CR 620 W 670)</p>
<p>The score my colleges will look at (depends on the college, all mine superscore) - 1960 (highest writing, math, and critical reading)</p>
<p>Collegeboard legally has no right to send scores you tell them not to send. So depending on the strictness and requirements of the school, you are only obligated to send the scores you choose.</p>
<p>But it depends on the school. Most top 25 - 100 schools allow you to send the scores you want.</p>
<p>But some stricter schools like MIT, Stanford, and other elite ones require you to send all your sat scores.</p>
<p>So its tricky, but most schools accept score choice.</p>