Bad Decision to Retake October 2018 SAT

Aneem00
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 22:25:05 +0000

Hello all. I have taken my SAT for the third and final time in October. In March, I scored a 1350. In August, a 1530. However, my essay subscores were 5,2,6. For this reason alone, my parents made me retake in October. I improved on the essay, but I scored a 1460 on the actual exam. How bad does this progression of scores look for colleges? I’m applying to the UCs and CSUs, which do not let me superscore (my superscore is also 1530), Stanford (superscore), USC (superscore), Creighton (superscore), and UW Seattle (superscore).

Does decreasing on the third attempt look bad on score sends? THANKS!