The College Board allows students to send scores from a single test date to colleges. In the past, students needed to send all scores from all exam sittings. The Score Choice option sounds great. You should simply send the scores from your best testing date, right?
The reality, in fact, isn't quite so simple. You'll want to see what the SAT policies are for each college to which you apply. Some colleges require you to send the scores from every SAT you have taken. Other colleges create a "superscore" -- that is, they will take the highest score for each of the exam sections (math, reading, writing), even if the scores come from different attempts at the exam. In other words, it is quite possible that submitting all of your exam scores will result in a superscore that is higher than the score from your best single exam attempt.
To learn more, read this article on the pros and cons of SAT Score Choice.
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