OK, now that a new round of scores have arrived & many people are thinking about this now, which ones matter to various schools?
And if one has several SAT II scores in 4 or 5 subjects, will only the best be judged by the college, or will they look at them all?..they do receive them all.
<p>I think they do look at all. But consider the ones you got the highest score on.</p>
<p>They will see them all, but colleges that require SAT II's normally require three. In this case, they will take the top three scores. If you are applying in engineering or science, they will give emphasis to the SAT II Math IC/IIC.</p>
<p>However, this is the year of the New SAT. The SAT II Writing test was normally required at some schools, but it has now been made obsolete by the New SAT. For SAT II Writing tests that you took before the cut-over, they may used that score or the writing portion of the New SAT. The average score on the SAT II Writing was about 600 while the average score on the writing portion of the New SAT is about 500.</p>
<p>There is no recipe as to how every college does it. Besides this, the adcoms are trying to get a feel for you as a person. They care most about your difficulty of curriculum, then gpa/rank, and then standardized test scores. The SAT is most important, then SAT II's, and then AP scores are less important. After you get past all of that, and you are still being considered, the thing that will get you in are your EC's, essays, and recommendations. In the EC's they want "passion" in one or two areas. Use an essay to describe a "passion" and the EC's should back it up. Large public schools are more numbers driven, and may not even require an essay.</p>
<p>The point of all this is that the SAT II scores are not overwhelmingly important. If you have a strong academic record, then you are in the running. In order to actually get into the extremely selective schools, you need a "hook".</p>
<p>thanks dufus (kinda hard to type that name without laughing)</p>
<p>The SAT IIs that matter are the ones you take and submit.</p>
<p>shainaloves, you have no choice over which ones you submit. They ALL GET SENT to colleges. But like others pointed out, they will generally look at your top THREE</p>
<p>Have you ever filled out an app? The first ones they will see are the ones you put on the thing.</p>
<p>Have you ever studied the college application process? The college receives a transcript that includes ALL of your SAT II scores</p>
<p>Why are you so angry?</p>
<p>lol u ppl crack me up</p>
<p><<why are="" you="" so="" angry?="">></why></p>
<p>I'm not angry at all</p>
<p>You're just wrong</p>
<p>There used to be something call "score choice" where you could send selected SAT II scores. However, it was eliminated about 2-3 years ago, and now everything goes to the colleges. A lot of the college guides that were published before "score choice" was eliminated still talk about it and encourage everyone to take all the SAT II's they want because you don't have to send all of the scores. This might be the point of confusion.</p>
<p>so the schools receive all scores, but one can "package" them in an order or way that promotes the higher scores better in the application?</p>
<p>Schools receive all scores from the College Board and those scores appear in the order taken. If you fill out an application that asks for the scores you can arrange them however you wish (such as in order starting with the best score).</p>
<p>how about if you retake an SAT II in one subject....are both scores reported, or just the latest (or highest)?</p>
<p>All scores are reported by the College Board; see the collegeboard Web site for lots of details.</p>