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for sat II retakes, do colleges only consider the better score, or do they look at all of them?

By Carole on Monday, October 28, 2002 - 08:33 pm: Edit

They only consider the best score, so go ahead and retake if you believe you can improve the score.

By jj on Tuesday, October 29, 2002 - 12:27 am: Edit

Don't be so fast Carole. Some colleges look at all scores. For instance, Caltech will consider all scores and look for a pattern in scores... I mean, come on: yeah, most colleges say they just look at your three highest scores, but if two nearly identical people are applying to Harvard, but one of them has an additional 750 in a subjects test while the other one doesn't, do you think Harvard will not care? I think it will!

By passerby on Tuesday, October 29, 2002 - 02:47 am: Edit

"do colleges only consider the better score" is i think the OP's main question. i'm not sure how much "but one of them has an additional 750 in a subjects test while the other one doesn't" is helpful

By Carole on Tuesday, October 29, 2002 - 11:32 am: Edit

Of course they *look* at all of the scores, but if you retake and do better, they'll take that higher score. Most colleges take your highest score when considering your app. Don't be so literal! :-)