<p>Now that most of the colleges look at the best parts of the SAT, not the best tests, shouldn't this exam have less value?</p>
<p>For instance, I could take first test, studying only for English, get 800CR, 800V, and 200M
Then I study only for math and get 200CR, 200V, and 800M on the second exam
My overall score will come out as 2400</p>
<p>Is it fair to give SAT so much weight after all of this?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>First show that you can really do that, and then talk about fairness.</p>
<p>What does it matter? Every applicant gets the same "boost." If college X does take the best scores over multiple sittings, they will probably say so on their web site somewhere; it is therefore the applicant's responsibility to research the college and to take advantage of the "boost."</p>
<p>It's not that I am jealous of those people. In fact, I'm one of them.
But the thing I was trying to say is that a lot of applicants worry about their SAT's more than about their SAT II's when it seems that now they have (should have) same "value"</p>
<p>And yes, I know that standarized tests are only a small part of the application proces, etc. I was just curious.</p>