Multiple Scores: Averaged or Is Highest Taken?

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<p>Hi, </p>

<p>I have a question about what the policy is in the colleges YOU like for applicants who submit multiple SAT I scores. Does the college average the scores taken on all different occasions, or does the college give the applicant the highest scores taken at one sitting, or does the college give the applicant the highest scores on each section, even if those scores came from different sittings? </p>

<p>I THINK all the colleges I have looked up have the third policy, so that if Jim-Bob scored </p>

<p>freshman year </p>

<p>math 490 </p>

<p>verbal 470 </p>

<p>junior year </p>

<p>math 620 </p>

<p>verbal 510 </p>

<p>fall of senior year </p>

<p>math 600 </p>

<p>verbal 550 </p>

<p>his scores would be counted as math 620, verbal 550 (the highest score he ever got on each section, considered separately). Is that how it works at the school you are most interested in? Do you know of schools that average scores? That would really hose someone who takes the SAT in the freshman year, wouldn't it? </p>

<p>MIT's policy is "MIT will consider only the highest score you earn in each category" </p>

<p><a href="http://admissions.mit.edu/AdmissionsWeb/appmanager/AdmissionsWeb/Main;?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageApplicationProcess%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.mit.edu/AdmissionsWeb/appmanager/AdmissionsWeb/Main;?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageApplicationProcess&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Highest of each section, like MIT does. So, he would have an 1170</p>

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<p>Yes. That will be correct. Check with each individual school for details. As I always say, "Get it straight from the horse's mouth."</p>

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<p>What does the horse's mouth say at the school you care about? Does it average all the SAT scores you report, or does it let you have the benefit of the highest score you get on each section of the SAT, whenever you took it?</p>

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<p>UC schools take one sitting, right? The only places that don't take highest of subsections (that I am planning to apply to) are publics (UC Berk and U of M). I know for sure that U of M takes one sitting.</p>