<p>My son took his SAT in November Reading 630 Math 680 and Writing 640 = 1950
He just got the results of his second attempt. It was less. I can tell he is disappointed R660 M680 W570 =1910
I know it depends on the school policy but wouldn't superscore help if they look at just R & M?
He got a 30 on his ACT with writing
I think these are good results. At the end of the day I think he's being hard on himself. I would appreciate any explanation. Thanks</p>
<p>The superscore means that you add the highest score from each test. He would use R660, M680 and W640 to get a score of 1980. </p>
<p>What year is he? What schools is he looking at? </p>
<p>Those are good scores and well above the average. </p>
<p>Anne is right about the superscore - it’s all three sections, nevertheless many colleges pretty much ignore the writing score. If you are going to do poorly in a section, that’s the one to choose!</p>
<p>Over the past year, we found a mix in whether schools looked at CR+ M or CR+M+W scores. NC public schools consider all three, but it was pretty 1/2 and 1/2 otherwise. We also found that most (but not all) colleges superscore for admission; however, many merit based scholarships were based on highest single sitting and then often just for CR + M. Your son’s scores are very good–at or above the 90%; however, if he’s looking to get into very competitive schools or get merit based scholarships, he may need to prepare and take one of the tests again (his ACT and SAT percentiles are fairly comparable.) </p>
<p>Just wanted to add that some elite schools don’t superscore. They want all your scores from each sitting, but tend to weight the CR and M scores more heavily. </p>
<p>I am guessing at what your question is, since your part of your post didn’t print. The vast majority of colleges will “superscore” from more than one SAT sitting. For example, if your son got a 600M 580CR and 640W the first sitting, and then a 650M 540CR and 620W the second sitting, the school would take the higher scores from each “category” and use those to “superscore.” So, although the college would “see” both sittings, they would use the 650M 580CR and 640W in determining what his total score was.</p>
<p>My S just received his 2nd Sat scores. The score itself went down 40 points. First time he took i</p>
<p>Leslie – I’d suggest that your son simply forget the SAT and use the ACT for admissions – the score of 30 is stronger and all colleges will accept the ACT over the SAT. Given his SAT scores I don’t think he should take the ACT again – I think that the score of 30 would be fine for all but the most elite colleges. </p>
<p>Here’s a table showing how the SAT v. ACT scores relate to each other. The way I read the tables, your son’s SAT and ACT scores are pretty much identical. <a href=“https://www.act.org/aap/concordance/pdf/reference.pdf”>https://www.act.org/aap/concordance/pdf/reference.pdf</a></p>