<p>I'm in a bit of a pickle here, perhaps even a cucumber. The first time i took the SAT, it was the old version and i scored a 1290 (660 on reading, and 630 on math). On the new version i got a 2030 (740 reading, 690 math, and 600 writing). I know the new version is a little easier, so the scores on the new one aren't as impressive as the same scores would be on the old version. With reading and math, my new score is slightly better than my old one, but i don't know how to factor in the writing percentiles (I haven't seen them out yet!). Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks</p>
<p>There is no way to factor them in. That's the beauty of this beast!</p>
<p>Obviously the new one. If your score on the new one was perhaps 10 points higher (just counting math and verbal) than the old one, you may have wanted to use the old one. But since they're so much higher, DEFINITELY go with the new score.</p>
<p>Colleges see all the tests that you have taken, so most will definitely take your highest score in each section. What makes you think the new SAT is easier than the old one?</p>
<p>how is the new version a little easier? I know they took away analogies but they added more advanced math. Also you have to add in that the new test is significantly longer than the old test, thus requiring more usage of concentration skills.</p>
<p>the new one is supposed to be harder... like munkeegirl said, fatigue factors in...</p>
<p>i'm just saying i personally felt like it was easier, the math was stuff i had done more recently, and it actually felt shorter to me. That and I scored higher without doing anything different, although the fact that the pressure was off could have helped.</p>
<p>I also dervied my hypothesis from the percentiles. I found that certain scores on the older test were higher percentiles than the same scores on the new test</p>
<p>MOST schools care more abt the math/reading. thus, for those sections, you have a 1430 over a 1290. if you're worried about the writing, take it again for the writing.</p>
<p>As artpaint said, you can't choose to use one set of scores over another...the school will get them all. I'd say your New SAT scores are way more impressive. Most schools won't be factoring the Writing scores into their admissions decisions for another year or two, but if you want to retake the test to get that score up, by all means do it. Who knows, you might even get the M and CR up a bit, too...</p>
<p>I don't understand. You say that the scores aren't that impressive to YOU. What does that have to do with the college's preference? Also, the percentiles mean crap, they used the seniors' SAT scores in comparison to ours. It could be that the seniors just happened to suck this year. Check the score report, it specifically says that. </p>
<p>"The national percentile for your critical reading score indicates that you did better than 93% of the national group of college-bound seniors."</p>