<p>I don't know if I really trust that best from each section approach. What if I got a 760 in math, then a 710 the second and third time? Will they assume that the 760 was luck and assume that 710 was my real score, or would they really take the 760 as my highest score?</p>
<p>The answer is YES. It's in their best interest to do so... the next poster will explain why. lol.</p>
<p>yep...increases their SAT average when they publicly report it</p>
<p>Look, even if they didn't, how would any of us know? The only people that know the true answer to that question are people on the admissions staff, but they aren't going to contradict themselves if they don't just to satisfy the question of one person on some random message board.</p>
<p>Anyway, taking def890 is correct; taking the best of each section boosts the school's SAT average. Since they're doing it for everyone, it doesn't give any single person an advantage either so the dynamic of the applicant pool doesn't really change much.</p>
<p>There is a way for us to know for sure. I applied electronically last fall, and my sat scores were up on Cornell's application tracker. When I took it again that November, the new higher scores from my second sitting were recombined with my old high scores. That's indisputable proof that they recombine your scores.</p>
<p>Just because they put that up on the website for you to see doesn't necessarily mean they don't look at all the scores. I believe them when they say they take only the highest scores but you can't ever be certain unless you're watching them evaluating an app.</p>
<p>Are you kidding me towerpumpkin? They recombined the scores on their own application tracker. I think we can safely say that they recombione scores. Stop splitting hairs, anyone can see the obvious here.</p>
<p>We can safely say that they do, but we cannot be 100% sure. If you sent it in, there's gonna be a record of it somewhere.</p>
<p>anyone else agree?</p>