So...do most colleges take your composite SAT score?

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<p>specifically, university of maryland?</p>

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<p>how about specifically, Harvard, Yale, UPenn-Wharton, Stanford, and Johns Hopkins, as well?</p>

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<p>this topic interests me as well. if someone could generate a list, i think it would be very helpful to all of us</p>

<p>i do know that harvard accepts composite while yale only looks at scores from an individual test</p>

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<p>Yea, a list would be WONDERFUL. Please...I need to know about Tufts, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, George Washington, and American.</p>

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<p>How about the UC's? I think it's one sitting but I'm not exactly sure.</p>

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<p>the UCs only accept SAT scores from one sitting as well
i'm gonna try to start a list. if everyone adds on some, then we can all have some useful info.</p>

<p>Composite: Harvard, Stanford</p>

<p>One Sitting: Yale, UCs, MIT, Caltech</p>

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<p>This I know will sound like a stupid question, but I am very confused at this point about scores. When you say "composite" are you adding in the score for the writing sections? Or just the scores without the new writing section? Thanks for clearing up an old mind!!</p>

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<p>by composite, we mean that schools look at the best score that you obtained on each separate section, regardless which sitting it was. For example, let's say the first time you take it you get a 750cr, 750m, 750w. which would be 2250. Then the next time you take it, you get a 800cr, 720m, and 760w. That would be a 2280. If you don't take the composite score, your highest score would be that, 2280. If you were to take a composite score, you'd take the highest, and have a 800cr, 750m, and 760w. Which would be 2310.
That's the difference. You still always count the writing section.</p>

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<p>Composite: Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Georgetown (no WR)</p>

<p>One Sitting: Yale, UCs, MIT, Caltech</p>

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<p>I emailed George Washington's admission officer and he told me that they accept composites.</p>

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<p>Composite: Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Georgetown (no WR), George Washington</p>

<p>One Sitting: Yale, UCs, MIT, Caltech</p>

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<p>I visited MIT and they said that they do composite score rather than using one sitting.</p>

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<p>i'd think most colleges would do composite given the SAT wars that are always going on...they would have a better average SAT, and if they didn't, other universities that do would have the upper hand. Just my opinion.</p>

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<p>yeah you're right about MIT, my bad</p>

<p>it looks like most schools take composite scores</p>

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<p>can someone confirm caltech's policy?</p>

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<p>Caltech's policy:</p>

<p>"We will look at all of your scores, paying particular attention to the general pattern of scores and emphasizing the highest score for each individual exam."</p>

<p><a href="http://admissions.caltech.edu/admissions/faqs/#frosh_tests_qa4%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.caltech.edu/admissions/faqs/#frosh_tests_qa4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>that's kind of confusing</p>

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<p>I have looked at the UMD site and i don't ever remember finding anything specific on combining scores. I didn't have that problem because ALL three sections went down for me the second time I took the test so I never looked further.</p>

<p>For UMD I am sure someone at the UMD part of this site has better information than me. Here is a link:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=278%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=278&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Can someone tell me about Dartmouth? Thank you!</p>

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<p>dartmouth is composite</p>

<p>Nick, that policy doesn't seem to be completely one sitting, more like a combo of both methods</p>