<p>First, just so no one asks, a "superscored" SAT is when you take the highest score from each section over multiple test dates</p>
<p>For example, let's say these were your scores</p>
<p>Take 1
CR: 800
M:700
Writing: 700</p>
<p>Take 2
CR: 700
M: 800
Writing: 700</p>
<p>Your superscored SAT would be
CR:800
Math: 800
Writing 700</p>
<p>=2300</p>
<p>So my main question is whether colleges really judge superscored and non-superscored SAT scores the same. In other words, do colleges put each students SAT score reports in a computer system which only presents to the adcoms the Superscored scores (or has a secretary do this same job) or do adcoms actually see all the scores you have (in this case, a non-superscored 2300 would be better than a superscored 2300).</p>
<p>I have doubts with some colleges that they <em>only</em> look at the superscored score because if so, why would some schools like Upenn and JHU reject score choice?</p>
<p>Bump… Want to know to.</p>
<p>i think most schools look at the superscore, but it will benefit you if you got a really high single sitting score. i emailed yale, harvard, princeton, and MIT and all of them said they look at the highest sections from all the tests. caltech too.</p>
<p>@pl
Yes i know many colleges look at the superscored SATs but my question is whether colleges would see a superscored 2400 as different than a single sitting 2400.</p>
<p>i dont know. but it wouldnt hurt to have a better single-sitting score. i think it looks better than a superscored 2400. but im no expert.</p>
<p>If the college says it will superscore, then a superscored 2300 will have equal weight as a single sitting 2300 (assuming you didn’t take it like 5 times).</p>
<p>@james</p>
<p>if that was true that why would colleges like UPenn and JHU (which do superscore) require that students send ALL scores? There must be some other purpose for them wanting to see all your scores beyond just looking at the superscore</p>