<p>Okay, so I've seen this mentioned several times. What does it mean when one refers to his or her SAT score as the superscore? Best grade out of all the retakes overall, or best grade out of each section? I'm just guessing... I have no clue. And, does getting a 2300+ on the SAT in one sitting necessarily look better than achieving the same score in two or more sittings? And finally, does the superscore and one sitting thing apply to Columbia University? Thanks! :D</p>
<p>Superscore: Best of each section
axiom: 1st time- 780 800 800
2nd time-800 780 780
Superscore: 800 800 800</p>
<p>i think columbia, and most ivies for that matter, look at superscore (best 3 from all sittings)</p>
<p>really? can anyone else plz verify that, b/c that is really interesting</p>
<p>Yes, and the UCs (University of California campuses) look only at the best single sitting.</p>
<p>This is why comparing SAT scores from an Ivy to a school like UC Berkeley is not fair in determining which is more difficult to get into. The way the SATs are arrived at are not equivalent. (It is estimated that a UC SAT score should be increased by 50 points on average to equal another college's SAT superscore).</p>
<p>This was a question I had as well...</p>
<p>So most schools (with the notable exception of the UCs) superscore? I've been looking all over admissions webpages and most don't seem to note if they're single sitting or superscored. My problem is that I have a 760 on CR and a 660 on M. I need to get math up, but don't want to lose my good CR score!</p>
<p>The UCs are the only schools I know of that have a "single sitting" rule for computing the SAT I scores. </p>
<p>P.S. The single sitting rule doesn't apply to the SAT IIs at the UCs.</p>
<p>Yes, the UCs are also the only schools I've heard of that only uses your highest overall SAT score. The private schools should mostly superscore.</p>
<p>That's odd. Most of the private schools I know of do superscore. It's only the UCs that don't. Perhaps this is what you meant to say.</p>
<p>really? can anyone else plz verify that, b/c that is really interesting<<</p>
<p>You can verify it yourself at <a href="http://www.columbia.edu%5B/url%5D">www.columbia.edu</a></p>
<p>trust me. I've gone throught the website numerous times. They do say they use ur best score, but I didn't realize it was the best score out of each section. Cool!</p>
<p>lol, if you are looking at top colleges. check out my past threads, I'm posted a bunch of questions on whether or not a college superscores.</p>
<p>That's pretty cool.</p>
<p>this is interesting...so, should I take the sat again to try to get a higher math score (I got a 690) even though I'm fairly sure the overall score would drop?? (this is because i got 800 on the other sections and probably cannot repeat this lol). i really wasn't going to take the sat again but...well would anyone recommend this at all?</p>
<p>i guess u would want to check if the colleges ur interested in applying to superscore first. Then, according to what everyone here has been saying, retaking the SAT to raise your math score would make sense. ;)</p>