To scorechoice or not to scorechoice, that is the question

Applying to College
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<p>So i’m a high school senior applying for ED(deadline Nov15) and I was just wondering if i should use scorechoice since Bucknell allows it.</p>

<p>May 2013 SAT Score:
CR: 600 M:510 W:550(e:8) composite:1660</p>

<p>October 2013 SAT Score:
CR: 670 M: 610 W:570(e:8) composite: 1850</p>

<p>November 2013 SAT Score:
TBA(hoping for increase in math and writing and possibly break 700 in cr? lol)</p>

<p>Yeah, i know the first score was really bad… lol but would it be valuable to send it in as well to show improvement? Or would it not make a difference since they might just consider it as a fluke?(and plus it can’t be superscored)</p>

<p>Feedback would be appreciated, thanks.</p>

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<p>bump, anyone?</p>

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<p>bumpp~~~ anyone please?</p>

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<p>Colleges don’t give bonus points for improving test scores. All your individual sections from the test in October 2013 are HIGHER, so just send the scores from the October sitting!</p>

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<ol>
<li><p>The whole purpose of bumping is to get your thread to the top of the queue when it has fallen down the page. There is no reason to bump the first day you post, especially when it is at early in the morning and you’re bumping twice within the hour.</p></li>
<li><p>Agree with gibby, a positive trend is for grades, not testing. Colleges want to see your highest score, just send Oct. </p></li>
<li><p>Don’t overthink it, many applicants only send 1 sitting. There’s no reason to Superscore since Oct is higher in all sections.</p></li>
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<p>It is up to the school. If it does allow score choice, then you may do score choice. If not, you need to send all scores.</p>

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<p>Hamlet: What, are they test scores? Not grades? Who maintains 'em? How are they escoted? Will they pursue the quality no longer than they can deem the tester? Will they not say afterwards, if they should grow themselves to common students (as it is most like, if their means are no better), said admissions do them wrong to make them exclaim against their own succession?</p>

<p>Rosencrantz: […] There was for a while no money bid for argument unless the writer went to cuffs in the question.</p>

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<p>@billcsho: Bucknell allows for score choice, so the OP is okay with that school.</p>

<p>@TenMore: This is a great example of why students should not attempt to write a comedic college essay. I know you thought you were writing something humorous, but it leaves an adult, like me, scratching their head and going “I don’t get it.” Writing comedy is very difficult – just ask Seinfeld ([Jerry</a> Seinfeld on How to Write a Joke - YouTube](<a href=“Jerry Seinfeld Interview: How to Write a Joke | The New York Times - YouTube”>Jerry Seinfeld Interview: How to Write a Joke | The New York Times - YouTube)).</p>

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<p>@gibby: …have you read Hamlet?</p>

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<p>^^ I have read Hamlet, I just didn’t think Tenmore’s comment was funny – which is the problem with humor, it often doesn’t play well in print because not everyone thinks the same thing is funny.</p>

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<p>Not to mention there’s already Tom Stoppard’s very humorous ‘Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead’.</p>

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<p>Well, no, I wasn’t trying to be funny and, no, I wasn’t writing a comedic college essay (nor have I ever). It was more along the lines of a clever and witty answer to the OP’s title. </p>

<p>If you’re reading it in a humorous manner or in a serious manner, you will be confused, because it’s a Shakespeare parody haha. Though, in all honesty, it does have a serious meaning. The meaning is what the posters said above me. I simply took some Hamlet lines and replaced a few words.</p>

<p>I loved reading ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead’!</p>

<p>Hope that clears things up! (don’t have to be so anal about these things gibby)</p>

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<p>I think sending both scores would show them that you do not know how to analyze a situation or problem solve. Do you think that would be helpful for your application?</p>

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<p>just send October, it doesn’t make sense to send the lower one they’ll throw it out and it’ll cost you extra $</p>

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<p>For SAT, it does not cost extra to send both scores.</p>