daishi55

First test: 800 R, 780 W, 700 M
2nd test: 800R, 790 W, 690 M

Same composite score, but with superscoring its +10 points. Should I bother sending the second score? I wanted to improve my math, but no such luck. Although it shows that the first test wasn't a fluke...

Or would it look better to just send one fairly good score, and not report the retake? Thanks!

calikid28

Send the first one.
This is is because at least all of your numbers are in the 700s.
And don't retake it, that's above a 2200, you're fine..

Sikorsky

Normally, I don't think small differences in SAT scores make much difference at all, but in this case, I think calikid may be right.

Colleges report their students' SAT scores in their common data sets in 50-point bands: 750+, 700-740, 650-690, etc. If you're accepted and if you enroll, they get to put your Math score of 700 in a higher band than they would put a 690. So it may be the case that in the mind of some colleges, the difference between 780 and 790 is completely negligible, but the difference between 690 and 700 isn't.

At the very least, then, you should send the 800/700/780. If you send all your scores when you send your score report, it won't really make any difference. The additional 10 points on the superscoring won't make any difference. The fact that 790 is 10 points higher than 780 won't make any difference. But on the other hand, if you do send both sets of scores, no college will think badly of you because you tried the test twice and got practically identical (and very good) scores.

bchan1

I would send both - it shows consistency at a very high level. Congratulations!