SAT® · Test Mechanics: How the Digital SAT Actually Works
Superscoring and Retaking the SAT
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- How it worksHow does a superscore stitch your best Reading and Writing result to your best Math result?
- Worked exampleFind the superscore across three SAT sittings of 620 and 700, 680 and 650, then 640 and 710.
- Common mistakeWhy isn't a superscore something College Board computes for you and every college accepts?
- Going furtherWhat changes about how you prepare when one section sits 200 points behind the other?
Check yourself
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Three sittings: 760 Reading and Writing with 560 Math, then 630 with 620, then 610 with 720. What is the superscore total?End of topic.