Taking the SAT the second timeAnswered
I haven't taken the SAT yet but I just wanted to know that if I didn't like the score that I got and retook the test and got a LOWER score the second time would I just use my 1st initial score or my 2nd lower score on college applications?
Earn karma by helping others:
2 answers
Hi! No matter how many times you take the SAT, you will always use the highest score you got on college applications. So in this case, you would just use the first one. There's also something called superscoring, which means that you can take the score you got on the reading/writing section of the first test and add it to the score you got on the math section of the second test, or vice versa, in order to achieve a higher score. Hope this helps!
You can take the SAT as many times as you want and send in the best score
Your chance of acceptance
Your chancing factors
Community Guidelines
To keep this community safe and supportive:
- Be kind and respectful!
- Keep posts relevant to college admissions and high school.
- Don’t ask “chance-me” questions. Use CollegeVine’s chancing instead!
Thanks for telling me about super scoring! That sounds really interesting.