Does college know that a student got a 1600 in a single sitting?

[Anonymous]

I know the common app asks for the highest section scores and also the sittings, so the common app shows it was one sitting, but is that what the college sees? For people in this situation, did you send an official score report so the college would have to see it?

[Anonymous]

Yes, the college sees that data on the common app. The weight it holds is debated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know the common app asks for the highest section scores and also the sittings, so the common app shows it was one sitting, but is that what the college sees? For people in this situation, did you send an official score report so the college would have to see it?

Common app will show each section score and the date. For a single sitting, the section scores will obviously have the same date. Colleges that superscore might or might not display test dates as fields in their application viewer. Most colleges superscore SAT.

While it can't hurt to send the official score report, a single sitting vs superscore is unlikely to move the needle in admissions decisions.

[Anonymous]

Not OP but I am curious. I know we don't know what exactly admissions considers, but should they consider the number of attempts and super scoring?

I do feel that scoring well on both sections when taking for the first time (rather than well in attempt 3 on verbal and well in attempt 4 on math) is a meaningful metric.

Why would it not be?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not OP but I am curious. I know we don't know what exactly admissions considers, but should they consider the number of attempts and super scoring?

I do feel that scoring well on both sections when taking for the first time (rather than well in attempt 3 on verbal and well in attempt 4 on math) is a meaningful metric.

Why would it not be?

I'm sure they notice, and it could matter to a small degree, but the conventional view of test scores is that they establish a threshold and are not necessarily weighted heavily in holistic review.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not OP but I am curious. I know we don't know what exactly admissions considers, but should they consider the number of attempts and super scoring?

I do feel that scoring well on both sections when taking for the first time (rather than well in attempt 3 on verbal and well in attempt 4 on math) is a meaningful metric.

Why would it not be?

Because students take the test at different times. Students tend to score higher the later they take the test, as it purports to measure academic skills that increase over time with more school experience. The number of times one takes a measurement isn't relevant.

With one exception (Georgetown), colleges do not require all scores to be reported. Colleges have no idea how many attempts a student has made.

[Anonymous]

I think that the number of times the applicants took SAT and the score he reached tell you more about the applicant than many of the essays, EC etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that the number of times the applicants took SAT and the score he reached tell you more about the applicant than many of the essays, EC etc.

If you score more than 1570 and retake SAT to score higher, it will back fire because the same time could be put for something more useful than increasing by 10 or 20 points. If you have high score you have to be very careful before retaking the SAT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that the number of times the applicants took SAT and the score he reached tell you more about the applicant than many of the essays, EC etc.

lol the admissions committees usually don't even know how many times you took it, and if they do, they don't care.

In the particular case of a 1600, they especially won't care how many times you took the test.

[Anonymous]

This is OP: the 14:14 poster put a finger on my exact question.

"Colleges that superscore might or might not display test dates as fields in their application viewer. Most colleges superscore SAT."

Does anyone actually know how an AO at a college that superscores sees the test scores -- do they see it's from a single sitting, or not. Maybe it depends on the school, but just curious if anyone got an answer out of a particular school. (I understand it won't move the needle much, but we might stlll send an official report depending on the answer).

[Anonymous]

Do they see the dates? I thought they only saw the score

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that the number of times the applicants took SAT and the score he reached tell you more about the applicant than many of the essays, EC etc.

Yeah it tells you who is a test-obsessed conforming loser with no internal motivation to create.

[Anonymous]

I dont think they know how many times you've taken the SAT

[Anonymous]

Georgetown knows and cares. Probably no other school though

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they see the dates? I thought they only saw the score

The Common App requires a date for each self-reported section score.