Scores came out... Should I send them?

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<p>This is for a friend of mine.
She already sent a set of score reports to the universities she's applying to before december SAT scores came out.</p>

<p>Her SATI's were:
1st: 650CR 780M 720W
2nd: 690CR 800M 710W</p>

<p>when she sent them out.</p>

<p>On her december SAT she got
730CR 780M 640W</p>

<p>The overall score dropped due to the unexpectedly low writing score, and she's wondering if she should send another set of score reports to the universities since her Critical Reading score improved by 40 points. She's just worried that the overall drop would decrease her chance at admissions. Do the universities she's applying to take the highest scores from each section, or do they take the test score from one sitting? Also, would the overall drop in the score affect her chances negatively? I mean, it's just the writing that's the problem. The other sections are fine...</p>

<p>These are schools she's applying to:
harvard-_-
yale
columbia
upenn (huntmen. deferred ED)
nyu
u of michigan - ann arbor
carnegie mellon
usc
u of washington (seattle)
boston college
wellesley college
uc berkeley (out of state. international)
stanford</p>

<p>She already got into EA Georgetown. ugh lucky...
anyways...</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>She EAed Gtown but also ED'd UPenn??</p>

<p>She should send them to most of those schools, since they combine top section scores.</p>

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<p>mmm... don't decide fully on my advice, but if i were her, i would.</p>

<p>mainly because her composite score looks better, and though her writing score has dropped, she's proven that she's good at the writing section with 2 consecutive 700+ scores in writing.</p>

<p>plus, don't most universities want the best section scores anywyas (ie. composite) ??</p>

<p>so yes, i would.</p>

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<p>send them- good luck</p>