SAT w/ and w/o Essay

Applying to College
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Hi everyone,

This Fall, I’m applying to a couple of colleges that do require the SAT essay and some that do not. The only ones that do need the essay are Stanford and Harvard. My only issue is that I took the SAT twice - once with the essay (1370 with a 7/7/6) and then without (1520)

I know that Harvard and Stanford probably require me to send in all my SAT scores, including my 1370. So will they just look at my first SAT essay score even though I did not take it the second time? Ideally, I would like them to look at my 1520 and the 7/7/6 essay score but I don’t know how that would work considering they were on two different tests

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Haha I’m in a similar situation, from what I’ve heard only the 1370 would be considered but don’t take my word for it.

3

You need to look at their websites for specifics. I have heard the sme as above, but I have never seen a college state that definitively.

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If colleges superscore, then they will definitely take the 1520 and the essay…

That said, a 1520 is still pretty low for Harvard and Stanford. I would retake it one more time with the essay to see if you can do better.