SAT Composite (More than One Sitting)

Applying to College
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How does one know if a college accepts a verbal score from one date and a math score from another date? I know the UCs do not (they require the compsite score from one testdate). However, many people have told me that a lot of private schools allow you to choose the highest from any testdates to combine them.

I know I can contat the admissions office, but I would prefer to find out answers here first.

The schools I am more specifically interested in are Carleton, Reed, NYU, and Michigan.

Thanks for any help.

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<p>What you’ve heard is correct. Many, many colleges allow you to take the highest scores from individual sittings and to combine them for a new composite. </p>

<p>You don’t need to necessarily contact the admissions office. You should consult each school’s website. Generally, this information is quite easy to find.</p>

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<p>yes, i have searched the schools’ websites but to no avail. perhaps i am searching in the wrong area. is there any specific phrase or term that colleges use for this “combination?”</p>

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<p>Another place to look would be on the school’s application. Also check places like the Frequently Asked Questions section of the website. </p>

<p>I wouldn’t use the ‘search’ function of a website. I would actually go to the admissions section and browse. Very rarely is this difficult information to find.</p>

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<p>I perused through the sites of the aforementioned colleges and only found the answer from NYU. This is truly bugging me, but if it is as easy to find as you claim then I guess I should continue searching.</p>

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<p>i really do hate bumping threads, but i really want to know. i do not think admissions offices would like to answer such a question because so many colleges nowadays pride themselves on not using the SAT as a large deciding factor in admissions.</p>

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<p>Okay, so in four clicks, I got this from Carleton:
<a href=“http://www.carleton.edu/admissions/overview/applying/calendar.html[/url]”>http://www.carleton.edu/admissions/overview/applying/calendar.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>yes, i have seen that page as well. however, nowhere on it does it mention SAT scores.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://web.reed.edu/apply/Reed_94_applications/Reed_app_checklist.pdf[/url]”>http://web.reed.edu/apply/Reed_94_applications/Reed_app_checklist.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>That from Reed says that they need everything before they will look at your application. From that, you can infer what the final test date should be.</p>

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<p>3 clicks: <a href=“http://www.admissions.umich.edu/applying/deadlines.html[/url]”>http://www.admissions.umich.edu/applying/deadlines.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Says that testing must be received by those deadlines. However, UMich is on rolling admissions so you need to submit your test scores as early as possible.</p>

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<p>true, but my questions does not involve the time of taking tests. it involves how colleges look at separate tests. neither link provided said information. but i do appreciate you help in searching.</p>

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<p>i am looking for something like this (from NYU):</p>

<p>We treat your SAT I math and verbal scores separately. If you have taken the tests more than once, we review the highest verbal score you have received and the highest math score.</p>

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<p>Well, I don’t want to search anymore, so…
a) You could contact the admissions office since they do know best
b) You don’t really have any control over it anyway, right?</p>

<p>I recommend contacting the admissions office if it’s something you’re really worried about. It will take them less than a minute to answer your questions. Just remember to keep your email brief. They’re used to students sending them short questions to be answered. However, since it really doesn’t affect anything on your end of things, you might want to save it for an interview or stop worrying about it altogether.</p>

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<p>alright, well thanks for all your help. it’s appreciated.</p>