<p>Are the SAT scores posted here superscored or not?</p>
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<p>Just basing this off of common sense, my answer is yes. Otherwise, the data would be totally inaccurate.</p>
<p>Hmm thats interesting…however doesnt Princeton treat “non-superscored” SAT scores as better than those that are superscored. For example, a 2300 in one sitting is better than a superscored 2330.</p>
<p>^yes but at that point it hardly matters. Are you going to tell me that a 2300 is going to be accepted while a 2290 is not? A lot of other factors come into play once your sat is above a certain threshold.</p>
<p>Hmm well no there is not a notable difference between a 2300 or a 2290. However, anything 2300 will just look alot better on paper…not sure if that is of any real help though.</p>
<p>@Siren - why would it be totally inaccurate?</p>
<p>@RT - I thought the numbers were put through a comp system and only the superscored scores were presented to the adcoms? Thus, how would they distinguish superscored and non-superscored?</p>
<p>i was wondering that too and i emailed princeton asking about superscoring. this is their exact response:</p>
<p>Thank you for your letter to Princeton. We use the SAT scores along with your grades and teacher references to make an informed assessment of your academic strengths. No one is admitted or refused admission on the basis of scores alone. For the SAT Reasoning Test, we look at your highest score on each of the three sections (critical reading, mathematics, and writing), even if you earned them on three different test dates. For the ACT, we look at your highest composite score. For the SAT Subject Tests, we look at your three highest subjects. If youve taken the same subject test more than once, we look at your highest score. We hope this helps. Good luck to you.</p>
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<p>I thought that had to do with the whole score choice things and what not (something almost every good school rejects). I am pritty confident that they see all of your scores. People here on CC at least seem to thing that nonsuperscored SAT> superscored SAT…I could be wrong (it has indeed happended before = D).</p>
<p>ok I see RT</p>
<p>Let me ask you this: Why do you think so many top schools which superscore reject score choice?</p>
<p>mabsjenbu123 -There are only 3 possibilities as I see it:
- The numbers are based off superscoring – this makes sense since they do superscore.
- The numbers include every take by accepted applicants – this would be inaccurate, because it would include lower-scoring first-takes. Plus, this would make their averages lower, which they don’t want to be competitive.
- The numbers are based off of the highest individual take – why would they do this instead of superscoring?</p>
<p>My guess: as soon as you go into their computer, a program superscores you. if you’re accepted, all of your stats go into the class profile. Thus, the class profile would be based off of superscored SATs</p>
<p>Hmm well I do agree with Sirensong on that. My only issue with what was said is that Princeton has a computer program that automatically superscores your test. I thought Princeton and all the other ivies want to know a couple things about your standardized testing: 1) How many times did you take the SAT and 2) Did you ever really screw on test and if so why? So, is possible that they just automatically superscore the SAT…maybe, but I think it is more logical to just assume that they breifly look over all of your tests.</p>
<p>Yes, their database probably has all the test scores on it, but my guess is that it superscores the SAT too.</p>
<p>Ya…also sorry about all the typos in my post above. I didnt really read it a 2nd time before posting it.</p>
<p>Ok so I see the main thing here is which scores (superscored or not) are presented to the adcoms for admission purposes (not advertising or ranking purposes). I would imagine that schools that want ALL your scores possibly don’t enter it into a computer database because they obviously want to see how many times u have taken it. Otherwise, what would be the point of requiring all scores?</p>