Which Schools Currently Require Students to Submit ALL SAT Scores?

[Anonymous]

This is a spin-off to the other thread. I also have a child who is considering canceling their SAT score from today. Other than Georgetown, which schools currently require or strongly encourage students to submit all SAT scores (as opposed to just their super scores)? It sounds like MIT and Cornell as well? Is there an easy place to go to research all of this?

[Anonymous]

Definitely not Cornell.

[Anonymous]

I believe GW asks for all scores as well.

[Anonymous]

Penn State didn't want a super score -- just the highest total score. Kid submitted both of his, just in case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe GW asks for all scores as well.

No, GWU does not. If you think otherwise, please cite the relevant language from the GW website.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a spin-off to the other thread. I also have a child who is considering canceling their SAT score from today. Other than Georgetown, which schools currently require or strongly encourage students to submit all SAT scores (as opposed to just their super scores)? It sounds like MIT and Cornell as well? Is there an easy place to go to research all of this?

No, MIT does not require all scores. MIT says students "should" submit all for superscoring purposes.

Cornell does not require all scores either.

Only Georgetown currently requires all scores to be submitted.

[Anonymous]

It is common for colleges to recommend submitting all scores so that they can be sure they are considering the highest scores the student has. Unless the college very explicitly stats a requirement, then it isn't a requirement.

[Anonymous]

Child had a couple on their list that were clear as mud about this:

UIUC: If you took either test more than once, we'll use your highest sub-scores in our evaluation. However, we don't use your highest sub-scores from different test sittings to create a super-score.

UW-Madison: Students including test scores with their application are encouraged to submit all exam scores. It can be a benefit to see your complete testing history as part of our comprehensive review, and since we will only consider your highest score (by test date), there is nothing to be gained by suppressing scores through Score Choice. However, applicants are free to use the College Board’s Score Choice option for the SAT and/or the similar option offered by ACT. Superscores are not considered in our review.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Child had a couple on their list that were clear as mud about this:

UIUC: If you took either test more than once, we'll use your highest sub-scores in our evaluation. However, we don't use your highest sub-scores from different test sittings to create a super-score.

UW-Madison: Students including test scores with their application are encouraged to submit all exam scores. It can be a benefit to see your complete testing history as part of our comprehensive review, and since we will only consider your highest score (by test date), there is nothing to be gained by suppressing scores through Score Choice. However, applicants are free to use the College Board’s Score Choice option for the SAT and/or the similar option offered by ACT. Superscores are not considered in our review.

This is similar to what GW says, which also seems oddly contradictory:

“Score Consideration
GW will superscore both the SAT and the ACT, which means that the Admissions Committee will consider only the highest critical reading, math, and writing scores you’ve submitted, regardless of test administration. We will not recalculate a new composite score from subsection scores on various dates.“

(Note that GW is test-optional and has been for several years even pre-Covid)

https://undergraduate.admissions.gwu.edu/test-optional

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Child had a couple on their list that were clear as mud about this:

UIUC: If you took either test more than once, we'll use your highest sub-scores in our evaluation. However, we don't use your highest sub-scores from different test sittings to create a super-score.

UW-Madison: Students including test scores with their application are encouraged to submit all exam scores. It can be a benefit to see your complete testing history as part of our comprehensive review, and since we will only consider your highest score (by test date), there is nothing to be gained by suppressing scores through Score Choice. However, applicants are free to use the College Board’s Score Choice option for the SAT and/or the similar option offered by ACT. Superscores are not considered in our review.

There is nothing unclear about being free to use Score Choice - all scores are not required.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Child had a couple on their list that were clear as mud about this:

UIUC: If you took either test more than once, we'll use your highest sub-scores in our evaluation. However, we don't use your highest sub-scores from different test sittings to create a super-score.

UW-Madison: Students including test scores with their application are encouraged to submit all exam scores. It can be a benefit to see your complete testing history as part of our comprehensive review, and since we will only consider your highest score (by test date), there is nothing to be gained by suppressing scores through Score Choice. However, applicants are free to use the College Board’s Score Choice option for the SAT and/or the similar option offered by ACT. Superscores are not considered in our review.

This is similar to what GW says, which also seems oddly contradictory:

“Score Consideration
GW will superscore both the SAT and the ACT, which means that the Admissions Committee will consider only the highest critical reading, math, and writing scores you’ve submitted, regardless of test administration. We will not recalculate a new composite score from subsection scores on various dates.“

(Note that GW is test-optional and has been for several years even pre-Covid)

https://undergraduate.admissions.gwu.edu/test-optional

Example

June SAT: 1500 (790M/ 710RW)
August SAT: 1510 (740M/770 RW)
October SAT: 1530 (770M/760 RW)

GW will take highest scores 790M and 770RW but they accept the highest composite score of 1530 not 1560 (790+770), correct?

[Anonymous]

So basically my kid should not cancel even if just half of m2 math done? She just gave up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Child had a couple on their list that were clear as mud about this:

UIUC: If you took either test more than once, we'll use your highest sub-scores in our evaluation. However, we don't use your highest sub-scores from different test sittings to create a super-score.

UW-Madison: Students including test scores with their application are encouraged to submit all exam scores. It can be a benefit to see your complete testing history as part of our comprehensive review, and since we will only consider your highest score (by test date), there is nothing to be gained by suppressing scores through Score Choice. However, applicants are free to use the College Board’s Score Choice option for the SAT and/or the similar option offered by ACT. Superscores are not considered in our review.

This is similar to what GW says, which also seems oddly contradictory:

“Score Consideration
GW will superscore both the SAT and the ACT, which means that the Admissions Committee will consider only the highest critical reading, math, and writing scores you’ve submitted, regardless of test administration. We will not recalculate a new composite score from subsection scores on various dates.“

(Note that GW is test-optional and has been for several years even pre-Covid)

https://undergraduate.admissions.gwu.edu/test-optional

Example

June SAT: 1500 (790M/ 710RW)
August SAT: 1510 (740M/770 RW)
October SAT: 1530 (770M/760 RW)

GW will take highest scores 790M and 770RW but they accept the highest composite score of 1530 not 1560 (790+770), correct?

DP. Don't think of this as what they accept, but rather what they consider. We know they consider the highest section scores. We know they don't compute a composite superscore. What is unknown is the extent to which the highest single-sitting composite is a factor in their admission process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Child had a couple on their list that were clear as mud about this:

UIUC: If you took either test more than once, we'll use your highest sub-scores in our evaluation. However, we don't use your highest sub-scores from different test sittings to create a super-score.

UW-Madison: Students including test scores with their application are encouraged to submit all exam scores. It can be a benefit to see your complete testing history as part of our comprehensive review, and since we will only consider your highest score (by test date), there is nothing to be gained by suppressing scores through Score Choice. However, applicants are free to use the College Board’s Score Choice option for the SAT and/or the similar option offered by ACT. Superscores are not considered in our review.

This is similar to what GW says, which also seems oddly contradictory:

“Score Consideration
GW will superscore both the SAT and the ACT, which means that the Admissions Committee will consider only the highest critical reading, math, and writing scores you’ve submitted, regardless of test administration. We will not recalculate a new composite score from subsection scores on various dates.“

(Note that GW is test-optional and has been for several years even pre-Covid)

https://undergraduate.admissions.gwu.edu/test-optional

Example

June SAT: 1500 (790M/ 710RW)
August SAT: 1510 (740M/770 RW)
October SAT: 1530 (770M/760 RW)

GW will take highest scores 790M and 770RW but they accept the highest composite score of 1530 not 1560 (790+770), correct?

DP. Don't think of this as what they accept, but rather what they consider. We know they consider the highest section scores. We know they don't compute a composite superscore. What is unknown is the extent to which the highest single-sitting composite is a factor in their admission process.

For me GW’s language is confusing because they say literally say that they superscore - which most folks understand to mean calculating the highest possible combined score by taking the highest section scores regardless of test date - but then say they don’t recalculate the composite score. I think they mean what pp said - that they consider the highest section scores but they DO NOT actually superscore in the sense of creating a higher composite score. They do a disservice to families trying to understand what they want by saying they superscore and then saying they don’t recalculate the composite score. It’s poorly worded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So basically my kid should not cancel even if just half of m2 math done? She just gave up.

Unless she is applying to Georgetown, no she should not cancel.