<p>Hello fellow students all around the world, </p>
<p>I am a rising senior and have a question-- which I couldn't find the answer to even after an hour surfing CC-- regarding score choice.
I am fully aware of the different policies of school, BUT let me provide you with a hypothetical situation.
test 1: M800 CR600 W600
test 2: M600 CR800 W600
test 3: M600 CR600 W800
The superscored SAT would be a 2400 (ignore the drastic differences), since the person scored the highest on each section on each test. So, here is the question.
Whenever applying to schools that accept score choice and "only look at the highest scores on each section", are the admission officers going to be completely indifferent to ther 600's from the other test dates? Are the 600's from the other dates pose no disadvantage to the applicant? In other words, is a 2400 single sitting be equavalent to a 2400 from the situation depicted above?
Thank you, and I hope you all have a great day.</p>
<p>I guarantee they will consider the 600s as well as the 800s
they will probably assume that your true ability falls at the midpoint between the scores
so a 600,600, 800 for 3 different tests will have the same impact on the admissions committee as 667 (670 rounding up) for each
but if you scored an 800 on each section that would be more impressive in my opinion than someone scoring a 700 on each section every time they took the test
but I guarantee the colleges are going to know every SAT score you had</p>
<p>Thanks for the input! Then again, what would be the difference between schools that “only look at highest scores” and schools that “require all of the scores”? According to your assertion, there is no difference. So, why would the schools bother saying that they only consider highest scores?</p>
<p>well some do
actually for UNC-Chapel Hill
they only ask for the superscore
but they will notice (even if they do not check your SAT score)
that the test date for the highest score on each section is different</p>
<p>the reason I know they end up knowing all of your scores (even if they are being politically correct about considering only your best)
is because in order to verify your scores they have to see the official score report from the college board…I guarantee they will see it</p>
<p>I knew about them being able to “see” it, but you were saying that they put equavalent weight to them by “calculating the averages”. There is a clear difference between seeing the scores and calculating an average.</p>
<p>yeah Harvard is one of the only schools that explicitly states
they evaluate SAT scores based on the average over all the exams for each section</p>