<p>Some schools like Stanford and Yale require ALL SAT and ACT scores to be reported. What if you had a 2000 the first time you took it, but the next time you got a 2200? Will they look at it and think..."Oh this person just studied a lot to get a high score" ...Or is it more so that they can see the best score that you can perform overall (Superscore)... how will this affect my chances? </p>
<p>Ughhh bump… someone help?</p>
<p>I’m not sure why they require you to submit them all, but I think it will help you. It shows that you are persistent and that you’re willing to try harder. From what I’ve heard, it’s always good to display an upward trend (I’ve heard that in reference to GPA but I’m sure the same thing applies here.)</p>
<p>In my opinion, it will boost your chances. Again, I’m not too sure though. It’s just my opinion. </p>
<p>anyone else?</p>
<p>Submitting both will not negatively affect you.</p>
<p>Don’t worry. They can also suspect anyone with high score at their first attempt did study/prep a lot for the test. As long as you are not taking it multiple times to achieve that score, it would not hurt you.</p>
<p>You mean as long as I’m not superscoring?</p>
<p>@billcsho</p>
<p>At risk of putting words in @billcsho’s mouth, no. Stanford wants to evaluate all your scores to see if your gaming the system, show consistent improvement, just got lucky once, etc. If they were just going to superscore they would let you send that. Yes, they may think your score implies you studied for the follow up test. A high first score could indicate a student studied for that one. They will keep an open mind. It won’t hurt you. Don’t worry about it.</p>
<p>@Erin’s Dad
You look more like taking words from my mouth instead. ;)</p>