<p>Do all schools take your combined score? Or do they look at the highest individual tests only? </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>The vast majority look at your combined score while a few look at the highest individual test. The only top school that I know of that takes the highest individual test is the University of Chicago.</p>
<p>If we are talking about how colleges consider SAT I scores, most highly selective private universities (e.g., Harvard, Yale, Penn, Duke, etc.) consider your highest scores, section by section. (Some people call this process "superscoring"; in general, most private universities superscore.) The University of California system, the U of Michigan, and quite a few other state universities give you the benefit of the best SINGLE-SITTING score you have, whenever you took the test. You can nearly always look up each college's rule on the Web site of the college admission office, as this is a frequently asked question. </p>
<p>For more information about use of SAT scores by college admission officers, and the consequences of taking the SAT more than once, see </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Right now I have a 2010 combined. 760 for math, 670 for writing, and 580 for reading. 1970 and 1950 for the two individual tests. </p>
<p>I'm studying pretty hard over this summer for the verbal, hoping I can get at least a 650 in the November test. </p>
<p>Do colleges like a huge increase on the SAT's? (kind of like how they like an increase in school grades)</p>
<p>They like increases on SATs but it usually has to be definite improvement</p>
<p>Most schools only look at the highest score from each section.</p>