Urgent Common App Question

Applying to College
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<p>Please, help!
My daughter is confused about what SAT scores to list on her Common App. And what she can omit without being considered a cheater. </p>

<p>She took SAT reasoning three times. The last one is the best (780 Math/710 Read /780 Writing), both the highest cumulative score and two out of three subsections. Her first SAT is evenly worse (700/700/680), the second is weird (780 Math/640 Read/680). Can she only list the last one in the common app (they anyway have full report from College Board)?</p>

<p>She also has two good subjects (770 and 750), which are sent to all schools. And then she took Math level 2 in Dec. and got 730. She sent it to schools that asked for 3 subjects or asked specifically for math, but also included it on her common app. But what to do with old scores? She has a test from 9th grade (650, later retaken to 770) and a year-old old Math level 1, which she never bothered to retake after getting 780 on the math section of SAT reasoning. Can she omit at least those?</p>

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<p>I just posted everything. My reasoning is that they'll see all the scores regardless of whether you post all or not. Thus, in my mind, it would be safe to post everything and be as honest as possible. Someone else might have a more definite answer though.</p>

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<p>My son also put both the good and the less good, on the theory that they ask what tests you've taken, and they will see them all anyhow so he might as well give full disclosure. But I know others have been more selective, so I think it's up to you.</p>

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<p>Thank you!
A lot of her friends had to list all reasoning tests because they had a higher result after superscoring. She felt that she didn't have to list low scores, espeially because they all are from earlier tests than the good ones. After all, admissions insist that they look at the best scores. Why would they need bad ones then?</p>