<p>Does Reed look at best scores at one sitting or best combined scores?</p>
<p>this doesn't answer your question, but if you call or e-mail admissions, they are very helpful and friendly.
<a href="http://web.reed.edu/apply/sat_opinion.html%5B/url%5D">http://web.reed.edu/apply/sat_opinion.html</a></p>
<p>I asked the very question and they said they look at the best scores.
They don't give much priority to writing, as in the website. This I think is a bit uncharacteristic of Reed, a college which requires 4 essays.</p>