Why does Stanford ask for all SAT scores?

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>I didn’t do so well on the first two attempts…</p>

<p>The third one I did well, 2220.</p>

<p>If stanford looks at the highest, then why ask for all of them?</p>

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<p>I’m no expert, but I think the adcoms just don’t like students stacking the cards against them. If you were buying a car, why would you want the salesman to hide the dings and scratches?</p>

<p>In any case Stanford buys plenty of dinged scratched up cars. As long as they have substance under the hood.</p>

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<p>they like to see improvement! so getting higher scores the 2nd and 3rd try is good!</p>

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<p>Because Stanford claims to only look at one’s highest scores, there is no reason that Stanford should force applicants to send all scores.</p>

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<p>people are (still) reading way too much into this.</p>

<p>even if stanford wanted to ding you for taking the test 50 times and only having 1 good sitting, they spend all of 15 seconds looking at your SAT score before moving on.</p>

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<p>Correct me if I am wrong, but as far as I know College Board sends in all your scores any way? Even if Stanford allowed you to send in only your highest score, how would you go about doing that?</p>

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<p>…</p>

<p>for all those that still think that stanford doesn’t need to see all of the scores–think a little bit harder.</p>

<p>I’ll give a hint: Stanford does not have a preference for the SAT or the ACT</p>

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<p>stanford wants all act scores too, right?
i took it twice and got the same thing, with slightly different subscores…</p>

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<p>You can’t piece together ACT scores, although Stanford will take your best ACT composite score and your best writing subscore.</p>

<p>and yes Stanford will want all act scores.</p>

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<p>there is the superscore - so sending all your scores to the university allows you to have the highest scores on the each of the subjects together</p>

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<p>^not on the act</p>

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<p>In a way, you can look at this as leveling the playing field. With Score Choice, it is possible to take the SAT 10 or 15 times to hit the magical 2200 (or whatever target score) mark if you have money to burn - a distinct advantage of being born into a well-off family. However, with Stanford (along with Yale and others) requiring all scores, better off applicants will be less tempted to do that.</p>