<p>it says on their website that they consider all sets of SAT scores</p>
<p>cuz my score went from a 2290 to a 2270, will they put more weight on my more recent, lower score??</p>
<p>no penn does a super score - your best math + your best verbal + your best writing.</p>
<p>Also - why did you retake the SAT? Statistically, your chances of doing better were very slim.</p>
<p>Oh come on Pigs. Both are fine scores and shouldn’t impact your chances in any negative way. Most students (even here on CC) would trade you for either one.</p>
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i retook it because i wanted a 2400!! duH</p>
<p>did you prep?</p>
<p>yes of course i studied</p>
<p>Superscore!!!</p>
<p>Either score is great, and just fine for Penn. And it’s actually quite impressive that although your second score didn’t go up, it’s very close to your first one, meaning you are a consistent test-taker.</p>
<p>NO to superscore!</p>
<p>I went to the information session on campus myself, and the man was very clear. Penn wants to consider EVERYTHING that’s been going on behind closed testing doors. They even put greater emphasis on the writing section than usual, since they claim it is a better predictor than other sections.</p>
<p>But to think YOU should be worried? I jumped 180 points upwards from my first time to my second (don’t want them to think I took some richy-rich SAT courses to inflate my grade, I was just lazy the first time). And my Math II fell by 40 on retest.</p>
<p>Enough about me. You should be fine as well as tests go.</p>
<p>^really? Writing is especially important?
That’s bad news for me :(</p>
<p>breakerboy, is your information legitimate?</p>
<p>I visited Penn’s campus. The nice guy in the brown vest said so at the information session.</p>
<p>That’s all I can say. Take it or leave it.</p>
<p>I also went on an official trip and nothing was mentioned about a preference towards the writing section. However, I remember the adcom said that while Penn does superscore, they also consider every individual score.</p>
<p>Oh no! They put extra weight on the writing! That was the worst part…750Cr, 800M, 700W 
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<p>Seriously pigs, there is no statistical difference between 2290 and 2270.</p>
<p>so they see the superscored/overall score while still looking at all separate scores? which do they place more emphasis on?</p>
<p>breakerboy misspoke. they do superscore the SAT. they just don’t accept score choice.</p>
<p>They will look at your highest scores, but in context of attempts. Basically, they follow the same policy as every other school, but the will penalize you if you take it 5-6 times.</p>
<p>I have six registrations:
3 SAT
3 Math II
2 USH
1 French w/ Listening
for a total of six different dates.
lmao</p>
<p>From the website:</p>
<p>Penn’s Testing Policy:
All Scores Required for Review
Penn’s response to The College Board’s Score-Use testing policy for students is to request the student’s entire testing history. </p>
<p>Penn’s admissions office requires data and information to make informed decisions. Although Penn will always utilize the highest scores from any test or subsection in the review of a candidate’s application, having the complete testing profile provides deeper insight. Improvement in scores over a period of time, consistency in scoring or the knowledge that a student took the test once (as a relatively high scorer or even a lower score) provides information helpful in the review process. </p>
<p>We do expect that many students will have a higher composite during one sitting, with an individual score on one of the three sections higher from another administration. Again, Penn will take the highest of any individual scores from any administration. </p>
<p>Furthermore, if the new Score-Use policy creates behavior that may be unproductive, like taking the test at an earlier stage and taking the test more than 3 times, the Admissions Committee can benefit from that information. And if students know that some schools will ask for all the tests, this behavior may be discouraged. </p>
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<p>So by the word, they do “take” the highest scores and in that sense they “superscore” if you want to call it that. Still, IN SPIRIT, they look at everything, and this was the point of the presentor when I visited the information session. If you clearly manipulated testing dates to focus on one section and let the others slide…or display a 2300+ anamoly after scoring in the 1900-2100s over 2 or 3 times, they WILL catch you and superduperscoring WILL NOT help you.</p>
<p>I don’t think I mispoke. Unless some guys in suits screen your scores and pass only your best composite on to the “real” admissions people, I don’t see how Penn’s policy is traditional superscoring.</p>
<p>And when I visited Penn, I’m “pretty pretty sure” the speaker used the words “we don’t superscore” as well. I could be wrong about his word choice, but I know what he meant.</p>
<p>And 2290 down to 2270? Doesn’t matter either way. It’s fine.</p>
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<p>Yes you did misspeak. You pretty clearly stated UPenn doesn’t superscore, and your straight from Penn website excerpt obviously shows otherwise. In addition, your claims that the W section is weighted more heavily is also unfounded besides your first-hand account of the adcom speaker, which is questionable based off of you’re incorrect data regarding superscores.</p>