So I took the SAT in October and got a 1330 on the reasoning test and a 8/7/8 on my essay. It was my first SAT for my junior year and I plan to take 2 more before college applications (maybe 3 hopefully not!). However, since I’m content with my essay score I was wondering if I should just take the SAT w/o the essay or will my colleges count those SATs w/o the essay invalid? Granted, all the colleges that I plan to apply for require the SAT w/ essay. Therefore, I was curious if they would even accept my SAT scores if I didn’t take the essay that day. Thank you so much please reply!!!
Some schools require SAT with essay and will not consider any SAT score without the essay. Check out the SAT score requirements of any schools of interest.
Yes, that was my understanding as well. If your college requires the SAT w/essay, subsequent SAT scores won’t be considered unless you also took the essay.
Actually this was the best advice I ever received on College Confidential.