Two questions about National Merit Semifinalists and SATs on the Common App

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>I have a variety of questions I’m curious to know the answers to.

  1. I am a National Merit Semifinalist. Is there anywhere I can put that on my common application? I don’t think it’s correct to put it on the extracurricular activities.
  2. Is it generally frowned upon to only take the SAT once? I only took it once and got a pretty atrocious reading score (630 CR, 800 M, 780 W), while many of my friends took it 2 or even 3 times. Obviously taking it multiple times gets you a higher score but will colleges often look at your individual scores from each sitting? (i.e. One time you do a lot better on reading, but worse on math, giving you the same score as you had originally, but a higher superscore).</p>
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<p>I wonder this too. Somehow we thought the schools have lists? Or is it on the student to put in the Common App somewhere. Anyone know?</p>

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<p>Never Mind! I see where you can put it under Education/Honors.</p>