<p>Does anyone know how the following colleges treat previous SAT administrations if an applicant takes the test more than once? (like averaging? highest combined score? highest individual sectional score?)</p>
<p>Harvard
Stanford
MIT
Princeton
Yale
Cornell
Columbia
Caltech
Williams
Amherst</p>
<p>Thanks-!</p>
<p>Almost all colleges will take your highest score from each section. There have been a few schools have have insisted in single sitting scores, but they are few and far between. No college is known to average test scores</p>
<p>i just heard that a few colleges do the averaging thing, but i guess not..</p>
<p>I have never heard of that.</p>
<p>so like if i got a 1290 on the old sat but a 2300 + on the new sat will colleges by pi$$ed?</p>
<p>All of the colleges you listed ARE SUPPOSED to use your best scores..
But you never know if they might discriminate!!</p>
<p>How bad are your old scores??</p>
<p>1290 old
about 2300 now <if not,="" will="" retake.="" 2300="" +="" on="" practice="" tests="" consistantly=""></if></p>
<p>1290 on old SAT is a very decent score...</p>
<p>2300 will be seen as a great improvement no matter what and it is a great score too!!</p>
<p>Dont worry about it!!</p>
<p>2300-2400 will give you a great chance at any of these schools..</p>
<p>If you improved from 1290 to a 2300, that'll definitely be a plus, no doubt about it.</p>
<p>Old 1290 = 1935 New
2300 New = ~1530</p>
<p>So if you pull this off, you've improved 240 points on old SAT numbers.</p>
<p>Each of the colleges you listed take highest subscores from multiple tests, except that both Yale and Harvard have made statements that go along the lines that they consider it unwise for you to take the test more than twice. They don't actually say they hold it against you if you take it three times or more but that could be implied from what they say. </p>
<p>I am unaware of any college on the undergrad level that averages scores from multiple tests. However, for the LSAT and law school admission that is standard practice.</p>