<p>I just received my SAT scores and I am very satisfied with them all (710-800 for all sections). I still have to take my SAT II's and I'm still deciding on whether or not to take the ACTs. I don't think that I'm going to retake SATs.</p>
<p>My question is this, for those who've survived the admissions process at Yale and other Ivies: Is it beneficial for applicants to demonstrate a strong background in standardized test scores by submitting scores from multiple different tests (ACTs, SATs, SAT IIs, AND APs), and from multiple trials of different tests? Or does this make no difference as long as students submit simply whatever standardized test scores are required?</p>
<p>In other words, is submitting the results of only 1 trial of the SAT for my standardized test scores in addition to scores for SAT IIs satisfactory, or would it put me at a disadvantage during the admissions process? Instead, would it behoove me to take the ACTs in addition to the SATs in order to (hopefully) demonstrate strong performance on more than one test? Would it also behoove me to retake my SATs in order to demonstrate strong performance on more than one trial of this test? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>If you’re happy with your score, leave it at that. No need to do multiple testings or both the SAT and the ACT to prove that your lone high score wasn’t a fluke.</p>
<p>You’re over thinking it. Dont. You got great scores the first time–that’s AWESOME. NO need to take multiple tests to prove yourself. That’s where transcript etc come in and plays a role. Looking back, I think the one thing I regret is taking multiple tests for no reason.</p>
<p>Here’s a question to throw out there.</p>
<p>I had the SAT’s a day after a college visit, and thus took them on not a whole lot of sleep. My results reflected it.</p>
<p>I then took the ACT two weeks later and was fine, rocked it and came out with a 34. </p>
<p>Knowing that I have to send SAT II’s to Yale, will my regular SAT scores have to be sent along too because of their “no score choice” policy? Furthermore, am I disadvantaged by having relatively lower SAT scores?</p>
<p>If you took the ACTs with writing, I don’t think that you have to submit SAT IIs to Yale…</p>
<p>Here’s Yale’s testing policy: </p>
<p>[Standardized</a> Testing | Application to Yale College | Freshmen | Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.yale.edu/admit/freshmen/application/testing.html]Standardized”>http://www.yale.edu/admit/freshmen/application/testing.html)</p>
<p>I’m not sure, but the website says "Yale will require that applicants submit all score results from the ACT, SAT I and SAT II testing. ", so I think that means you have to send all results. This is badish news for me, because I took both the ACT and the SAT I and since I did better on the ACT (I think…) I was hoping that no colleges would have to see my SAT I scores.</p>
<p>if you did well on ACT, it won’t matter all that much that your SAT sucked. they probably know you had a bad day/not an SAT person.</p>