<p>but UC is public. </p>
<p>bluebayou, I guess I was thinking more about the distinction between what's considered for admissions purposes and what's reported externally for ranking purposes. you're right that it would be crazy for a private not to report best subscores to US News, etc, and if I can think of one that doesn't, I'll let you know.</p>
<p>What I think is interesting (and the real gist of this thread) is that there are some colleges who state adamantly that they truly only CONSIDER the best scores, whereas there are other colleges who admit (more honestly, IMO) that they do look at everything, which I take to mean that they do consider, to some degree, the trends on a student's testing transcript, the number of times the student took the test, the best score from one date, etc, especially when they're trying to make a tough decision. For example, here's a snippet from Wesleyan's FAQ:</p>
<p>Q: Will you take the best split of any test or only of one particular kind of SAT?</p>
<p>A: On current testing reports we see all tests now and will use whatever we have in the context of all the other information. For profile purposes we will continue to use the highest score on any given section.</p>