SAT scores and admissions officer people ...

Applying to College
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<p>hey guys, when schools say that they see only your "BEST" SAT scores, do they really mean it? I do plan on re-taking my SAT I in october.</p>

<p>I know that when collegeboard sends the scores, ALL scores are sent, even the scores of the first SAT i took, so the admissions officers will look at them regardless, but do they at least try to not to let it affect the admission decision, especially if my second bunch of scores for the SAT are much better?</p>

<p>really appreciate it, thanks ...</p>

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<p>If the school says they will look at your highest individual section subscores, then they will do so</p>

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<p>So if the schools see all your scores, what is the purpose of not sending them at the end of junior year? Might as well take advantage of the free schools since you can't hide those scores???</p>

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<p>true.</p>

<p>Just keep in mind that you may wwant to re-send updated scores.</p>

<p>In my case, waiting to send until senior year resulted in an 800 IIc and a 740 Bio-M</p>

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<p>So if there are crappy scores they will be mitigated by better ones?</p>

<p>What if the student (my daughter) gets her scores and, thought they're not great, they are realistically about the best that can be expected? My daughter is not going to make a major jump and she is never going to be someone to take a standardized test without a barf bag. The best to be hoped for for her is that she will score in the range of her colleges of choice.</p>

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<p>To answer your first question, crappy scores won't be mitigated... they will be replaced completely.</p>

<p>I think my scores could be a good example. Cornell (where I'm going next year) only looked at my 760 M, 710 W, and 680 V, which are pretty solid. They also saw my 680 M, 620 W, and 580 V. Plus, I got the 680 M and the 620 W after I had already gotten a 760 M and 710 W (I took the test again to raise my CR/V score)</p>

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What if the student (my daughter) gets her scores and, thought they're not great, they are realistically about the best that can be expected? My daughter is not going to make a major jump and she is never going to be someone to take a standardized test without a barf bag. The best to be hoped for for her is that she will score in the range of her colleges of choice.

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<p>Are you sure about that (D not able to get any higher)</p>

<p>a jump from 500 to 600 is very easy.</p>

<p>a jump from 600 to 700 is very doable.</p>

<p>My CR score for example:</p>

<p>My first CR score ever was a 580 on the 3/2005 exam. I took the test again 6/2005 and pushed it up to 680.</p>

<p>What I did in between: grabbed the blue book, princeton review, kaplan and barrons all at once, took all the CR sections out, and did them all in a few months.</p>

<p>Granted, it was a very painful and stressful process given the fact that at the time I was preparing 4 AP tests and a couple of piano recitals. I think it was worth it. Not only did I raise my CR 100 points, I also got myself a whole heck of a lot more testing endurance so taking consecutive AP exams later were no problem.</p>

<p>I hope that helps.</p>

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<p>Cornell is a big school!
What about smaller schools. I'm not so sure.</p>

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<p>ah ... thanks guys, so basically they DO SEE the crappy scores too, but they try to abstain from using them against you ... right (especially if ur second bunch of scores are better)?</p>