<p>My friend’s kid got SAT 2230 (M750, CR750, W730/essay 9) in Junior year October and got SAT 2220 (M800, CR720 W700/essay 9) in Junior year January. Which score should be cancelled if she feel not good after her exam? I want to know that the one full score is more important?</p>
<p>Colleges have 2 approaches to SAT scores – either score choice or super score.</p>
<p>If a college allows score choice, that means that you can choose what to send and what not to send to the colleges. So you can take as many SAT tests as you want, and still only submit your best – both of those scores are pretty decent though.</p>
<p>If a college does not allow score choice, you don’t get to choose which scores to send – they see everything. However, they do something called “Super score” – they take your highest reading, highest writing, and highest math, and pretend that that is your score. They still see all the others though. Most Ivy League colleges super score this way.</p>
<p>So, if she got both those scores and is applying to an Ivy League, it doesn’t matter which is better because they will see both, but I wouldn’t retake the test again unless she thinks she can do much better. If she’s not applying to Ivy League, I would say that both those scores are pretty good and roughly equal, but she can take the SAT as many times as she wants and wait for a lucky day and send that score. But once you see your score, it is impossible to “cancel” it – if the college has a super-score policy they will see both scores, and if the college has a score-choice policy there is no need to cancel anything she should just submit whichever she wants.</p>
<p>Thanks, DarkEyes! Which score is better if the college has a score-choice policy?</p>
<p>The Ivy League does not have one policy on this; each school has its own, so check each school’s website for its own policy. For example, Harvard does not accept Score Choice. My personal belief is that Score Choice was an effort by the College Board to reduce “application anxiety” but it just caused more confusion and grief for many, because schools don’t all accept it. You can’t “superscore” on your own with it, so it seems to be of little overall value to me - unless all three subscores are higher on one test versus another.</p>
<p>Even if the college allows score-choice, I’d recommend sending both. They’re both strong scores, so sending both can’t hurt. Most colleges super-score, which would be why you’d want to send both scores. But even if they don’t superscore, I’d still say send them both, because it shows that the one SAT wasn’t a fluke.</p>
<p>Its the same price anyway when you’re sending SAT scores, so send both, assuming you feeling comfortable doing so :)</p>
<p>Harvard does allow score choice.</p>
<p>[Harvard</a> College Admissions § Applying: Statement on Score Choice](<a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/application_process/scorechoice.html]Harvard”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/application_process/scorechoice.html)</p>