<p>We all know the vast majority of private colleges claim to superscore the SAT Reasoning, but where does this actually come into play? Is a person who gets a 2300 in 2 sittings actually equivalent to a person who does it in 1? It almost seems like a trick to get you into sending all your scores.
Any thoughts?</p>
<p>Not all schools that super-score require you to send all your scores. A 2300 super-score is just as good as a 2300 in one sitting. Schools wouldn’t lie about something they voluntarily made their policy; schools want students. Of course you should shoot for a 2300 in one sitting because chances are, one of the schools on your college list does not super-score. Also it’s a time-saver and a money-saver to score it once.</p>
<p>Why wouldn’t they legitimately superscore? It increases their admissions statistics and thus their US News and other rankings. Other than having to take the test more than once, I see no downside to superscoring.</p>
<p>obviously the institution of super-scoring is a conspiracy between colleges and collegeboard to get students to take the SAT more times. At seventy bucks a pop and ten for SAT II’s, the collegeboard now reaps 270 dollars instead of the regular ninety from every overachiever kid who wants to double-take all his SAT II’s and make an 800 on a unique section of the SAT every time he takes it so he can super-score to a 2400.
Ockham’s razor folks. Just be a real man and take the test once. Every kid i know who superscored to a 2340+ who thinks he is smarter than I am is a butthead. I made a 2340 in one sitting and I am dang proud.
CONSPIRACY!!!
…or am I ■■■■■■■■…?</p>
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I don’t know. Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?</p>
<p>I think that a 2400 single sitting definitely looks better than a 2400 superscored. Personally I consider a single sitting score a better indicator of intelligence than the superscore. I have a 2290 single sitting and a 2370 superscored (from two tests), and I wouldn’t say I’m that smart–certainly above average, but not exceptional, like so many other kids who score near or at 2400. However, I hope that colleges that say they superscore actually do only consider the highest scores :)</p>