Bad Decision to Retake October 2018 SAT

drusba
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 15:38:55 +0000

Colleges assert they use the highest scores and do not hold lower scores against you. Thus, unless you believe they are lying, you can submit all scores and not worry about it. Moreover, unless the college requires or recommends the writing section, it likely will not be used at all to determine admission. If you are considering choosing not to submit all scores, you can consider the following for the colleges you list:

The UCs are the only ones in your list that require all SAT scores and the essay section (and claim to use only that test with the highest composite).

The CSU’s do not require that you submit all SATs, do not require or recommend the essay scores in determining admission, but do superscore.

Stanford does not require or recommend the writing section, and allows you to self-report scores for purpose of determining admission. If you took multiple tests, all you need to report in the common or coalition application is (a) the highest composite score, and (b) the highest section scores from the multiple tests. In essence, it is a college that truly means what it says when it claims not to use lower scores against you since it tells you can submit your highest section scores and not other section scores.

USC, Creighton and UW Seatle require offical scores from the testing aagencies but you can choose which to send, they do not require or recommend the essay section of the SAT, and they superscore.