<p>BACKGROUND: My daughter's taken the SAT I three times. She's now a senior and will not be taking them again. She was very disappointed in her last results -- and very aware that her math score is less than ideal. Her scores:</p>
<p>1st time (junior year): Reading - 600, Math - 540, Writing - 700, (1840)
2nd time (junior year): Reading - 740, Math - 570, Writing - 660 (1970)
3rd time (senior year): Reading - 600, Math - 530, Writing - 720 (1850)</p>
<p>Superscore if all 3 sent: Reading - 740, Math - 570, Writing - 720 (2030)
Superscore if 1 & 2 sent: Reading - 740, Math - 570, Writing - 700 (2010)</p>
<p>I believe all of the schools on her list offer School Choice and, we believe, that most will superscore. </p>
<p>QUESTIONS
1.) Do the admissions teams see the individual test scores or just the superscore? </p>
<p>2.) I'm recommending that she NOT send the third scores -- I don't think the 20 additional points are meaningful enough to offset the drop in scores on the third set. What do you think?</p>
<p>3.) Some of her schools are test optional. We're trying to decide where her scores will help -- and where they will hurt. To which schools would be better off NOT submitting scores? Here's the list of colleges where she's planning to apply:</p>
<p>Wesleyan (required)
Kenyon (required)
Grinnell (required)
Connecticut College (optional)
Dickinson (optional)
Holy Cross (optional)
Mount Holyoke (optional)
St. Lawrence Univ. (optional)
Goucher (optional)
Wheaton - MA (optional)
Clark (optional)</p>
<p>4.) Finally, she's retaking the SAT subject tests but did not do very well the first time. I'm encouraging her not to submit them unless she dramatically improves her scores. Subject tests are optional for schools like Wesleyan, will it hurt the application not to submit them?</p>