<p>“I know there are SAT optional schools but I don’t want to make it seem like she didn’t do well overall, not high of course, but respectable.”</p>
<p>Your daughter might be able to improve some, but she is clearly not a good test-taker; even 600 on the Critical Reading is far below her actual performance in school. The good news is that, even though my children are all good test takers, I would bet on the high achiever not good test taker any time over the opposite.</p>
<p>Under the heading of free advice, worth what you paid for it: for merit money, I would look for SAT optional schools and just not submit scores. At this level of school, merit money is used to drive up their profile, and your daughter’s GPA might be just the ticket.</p>