Superscoring the SAT

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>I was certain Harvard did, but the other day my class was talking about college and they were adamant that Harvard, and for that matter, most of the Ivy League colleges DON'T, in fact, superscore the SAT. (By superscore, I mean, if I take the SAT 3 separate times, and score 1. 200, 200, 800. 2. 200, 800, 200. 3. 800, 200, 200, the college will take the highest from each section and say I scored a 2400.) They're website was fairly ambiguous with "We consider a student's best test scores." Is that each individual test, or the test as a whole?</p>

<p>So my question is, does Harvard, and the rest of the Ivy League schools, superscore the SAT?</p>

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<p>Yes, all Ivy League institutions superscore the SAT. For applications that proceed to the final vote, the officers merely have the best section scores available to them (rather than complete scores by sitting and how many instances the test was taken, if a superscore is applicable and it was taken more than once, respectively). The rest of your class is wrong.</p>

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<p>I lol’d at the last part. :smiley: I just finished reading your 128 reasons to go to Harvard. Sweet Jesus… that was funny :D</p>

<p>Thanks btw :D</p>

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<p>Of the reasons present, the list may be curtailed to less than fifty, in my opinion.</p>