<p>Last year, which was my junior year of high school, I took the SAT for the first time and I have a couple of questions.
I got a score of 1860(690/540/630). Now if I wanted to try and get the math up,how would taking the test again work? Do they take the new score, take the highest score of each section, or the highest score overall?
Also, would this score be considered good?
Finally, I heard there are the SAT tests that are specific for various courses, as well as the ACT. How much do colleges look at those tests and should I take them this year? </p>
<p>Each college will look at your score differently. A nearby, easy college that a lot of people from your high school go to will probably think your sat is pretty good, and if you have the grades and maybe a club or 2 then you are in. A state college would think that your sat is average for them, and they will start considering the other parts of your application.
If you apply to a fairly well known, good school like uc berkeley or chapel hill will think that your sat is below average, but you will still be considered. A top-tier college will be like “Why is he/she even applying?” </p>
<p>There’s something called Score Choice. This means you determine which scores you send from CollegeBoard to each college you are applying to.</p>
<p>However, some colleges want to see all of your scores, or maybe they just want to see your best overall score from one sitting, or maybe they want you to superscore (which is taking the best sectional score and combining them to get the overall score). Even if they don’t want to see all of your scores, they will probably ask you to send them (like superscoring - they want to see the superscore themselves).</p>
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