if i did poorly on a sat 2 this year, can i take 3 next year (junior year) and...

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<p>still qualify for the top schools in the nation? like harvard, stanford, and upenn? (i want to do business) if i study hard for math, biology, and english (or us history) next year, i know that i can probably do better, if not really well. (750+'s in all three). world history was definetely my week point. i know we can’t cancel sat 2 scores, but i was wondering how much it would hurt me if i did much better in the next subjects that i take. (this year i got a 700 on world history)</p>

<p>all opinions/comments are appreciated!</p>

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<p>oh, extra information. have great extracurriculars, great essays (i’m working on them way ahead of time and am a pretty good writer). do you think i still have a chance? will colleges only look at 3 sat 2’s? if i have 4 sat 2’s on my transcript, 3 of which are good, how much will one bad grade (700) hurt me?</p>

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yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes!!!
did that answer your question? :)</p>

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of course it depends on the rest of your resume, but if it’s just one, probably not much, especially if you take others and do better.</p>

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afaik, some colleges (but not all) superscore. it depends on the college really/</p>

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<p>what is superscoring?</p>

<p>and thanks :)</p>

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<p>Yes, you can … but the rub sometimes is that you need to cancel the scores at one sitting. So if you bomb one but ace another, tougher choices.</p>

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<p>superscoring (and this applies to other tests as well) is taking the highest scores from different tests and test dates.<br>
just as an example:

  • sophomore: Chem 660 Math 620 Lit 790
  • junior (first test date): Chem 760 Math 720 History 750
  • junior (second test date): Bio 800 Math 690 Lit 780
  • superscore (all tests): Chem 760 Math 720 Lit 790 Bio 800 History 750
  • superscore (top 3 tests): Bio 800 Lit 790 Chem 760
    but colleges, even those that superscore, may have special rules about which tests count (for example, requiring math or another subject test)</p>
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<p>hm thanks you guys!!</p>

<p>but my main question is that if i have 4 sat 2’s, can i choose 3 sat’s to send off to colleges? assuming i do not take world history again. (each test once only)</p>