college92

Say your colleges takes the superscore but you take it once. Will colleges know the score is from a single date and are there any benefits to this?

HonorsCentaur

In a word, no.

college92

So taking the test 3 times is the best focusing on one sections each time. Like I study for the math and get an 800 one time and completely disregard the other 2, get like 200 on them. Then next time focus on the reading, get 800....

Erin's Dad

Or you can do well once and get it over with. Sleep in the other Saturdays.

college92

Thats what I was planning to do, but I was just wondering if there are other alternatives. As weird as it may sound, I actually don't like this score choice. I'd rather colleges see all your scores, because students might try and beat the system by taking the above approach.

u§ername

not really... if you've studied until you can get a 800 on CR, chances are you're not gonna forget it all anytime soon...


but imo superscoring is not a good idea. Or perhaps a better idea would be to superscore, but deduct a set amount of points every time you take the test again like

1st -0
2nd -10
3rd -30
4th -50
5th -70

etc so people with a billion dollars to spend on the SATs won't have too big of an advantage.

college92

Thats actually true.
And I do think CollegeBoard should change score choice, or take it away all together.
Its not fair to everyone. I didn't see any fault in their old system. Is this system to reap profits for SAT (monopoly over testing anyways basically), since it no longer matters how many times you can take it.

entomom

Even though they super score, some schools do care about how many times you've taken the test. Recently a poster cited and linked to an adcom at JHU who stated this (sorry I can't remember the thread, you might want to do a Search or check the JHU subforum).

I would recommend against the strategy of taking the test 3 times and concentrating on a different section each time. You may end up applying to some schools that don't accept score choice.

springisintheair

Many superscore the SAT and many more are joining the ranks of superscoring both the SAT and the ACT...