<p>I just received my SAT II's and I improved my writing (three times, 660, 660, 730) but worsened my Math IIC (three times, 710, 770, now 700). Will colleges care that I took it thrice? Will the actual readers of my application have all my scores or will some intermediate person (like a secretary) filter out the mumble jumble from the papers and only present the highest scores to my readers?</p>
<p>Why the hell did you retake a 770</p>
<p>"Why the hell did you retake a 770"</p>
<p>same question I was thinking.</p>
<p>yeah wtf is wrong with you?</p>
<p>I think they see all of them, whether they care, idk.</p>
<p>Because a 770 isn't a great SAT II Math score. It's great on the SAT I math, but a 770 isn't all that stellar on the Math IIC. You can get five or six wrong on that (out of 50) and still get an 800, which is the 90th percentile.</p>
<p>oh come on. that ridiculous. </p>
<p>the fact that you retook a 770 will look a lot worse than the score itself.</p>
<p>Exactly what zoogies said. 770 is 86 percetile, I figured I could get an 800 but I was wrong. But that doesn't answer my question, though. Do the actual readers of the application see all the test scores? Or does a secretary filter out all the papers and write down the highest one?</p>
<p>Colleges know that scores can fluctuate 30 points up or down, so if you have a 770, that means that you're already at an 800 level so it just seems like your obsessed about every little point when it doesn't really matter and that you waste your Saturdays taking standarized tests instead of doing something more useful like sleeping. As to your question, I don't know...</p>
<p>I still disagree with your 770 retake. As the poster above said there is a grade range that puts you in the top with that score. Anyway for your question yes the colleges will see the score. It may or may not matter depending on the school. a lot of adcoms might disregard it and just bring your highest score when arguing you in committee and most will disregard it when calculating your academic abilities. However, they will see it and might be somewhat influenced by it even though it won't really matter in your scoring. Whereas before you were in range 0of the top they now see you might not be because your score went down rather than up. They might think the first one was a fluke.</p>
<p>Adcoms at schools that are flooded with apps don't have time for such tiny details. They'll take your best score. That's all that interests them.</p>
<p>Thanks Zuma, that's what I thought. Yeah, maybe taking it again was a mistake, but the damage is already done so I'm not going to lament about it. I just want to know how they might see it.</p>
<p>yeah they dunn reallly about whether or not u took it 1 time or 5 times! coz the SAT is a crappy test in itself...(thats just me talkin right there..lol..) but yeah ur highest score counts.......dunn worry man!!! but i wud just like to ask u AGAIn-- why thel did u take a 770? that "might" affect it coz u wud luk like an idiot to them, gettin a stellar score and then wasting money and time to take it again to get 30 pts....doesnt make sense at ALL!!!</p>
<p>wtf! you retook a 770?? Percentiles dont matter much! You need to go see a psychologist man since you freaking retook a 770! i got a 690...lol. Oh well, Im not as smart as you...im happying being dumb! me and my 1370 SAT score will go and conquer the world!</p>
<p>once again. YOU FREAKING RETOOK A 770?????</p>
<p>im gonna retake a 760 IIC, is that a problem ???</p>
<p>So you retook it, it's done, don't sweat this as much as you seem to be. SATII's are only one part of the app. My sense is the adcoms are trying to get an overall picture of you and how well they think you will fit into their campus. More importantly, if they need what you offer to "fill out the class" which is one of those vague cliches they all use. But I do understand what they mean... like if you play the Tuba and they need you for the Columbia Lions marching band, LOL!!!!! Go a bit easier on yourself, if you get in to your dreamschool you will see that it didn't matter, if you don't, blame it on something else like poor guidance couseling, lousy parents, or lack of money! GL</p>