Is an extra 30 superscore points worth sending a bad SAT score?

Test Preparation
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<p>So I've taken the SAT twice so far (in high school at least) and on one test I did poorly and on the other I did very well. But, on the bad one, my CR subscore was 30 points higher than on my good test. Should I send both to colleges I'm applying to or score choice them so that I only send the good one? Here are both scores:</p>

<p>Bad:
CR 720
Math 590
Writing 620
Total 1930</p>

<p>Good:
CR 690
Math 800
Writing 670
Total 2160</p>

<p>Possible superscore:
CR 720
Math 800
Writing 670
Total 2190</p>

<p>I just don't know if 30 points is worth showing schools my bad scores, especially that putrid 590 in math. What would you guys do?</p>

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<p>I would stay with the good one! 30 points is not going to make much of a difference.</p>

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<p>Yeah, it’s not worth them seeing the math, just send your good one. I keep getting 590s in math too, how’d you do it?!</p>

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<p>It depends on the school. The basic principle of “superscoring” lies in the fact that colleges will weight only the highest sections from all tests.</p>

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<p>What order did you take these in? Wow, 590 to 800 in math? If you got 800 on the last one, than I think it’s ok to show both dates because you improved so much. If it’s the other way around, don’t show it. Otherwise it looks like you kicked *** in math and then didn’t try the second time around.</p>