<p>This is not a retake thread, I know people hate those. I am just curious to see what the forum says about two diff situations</p>
<p>guy a
2nd try
2240 740 crit 780 math 720 writ
3rd try
2350 780 crit 800 math 770 writ</p>
<p>guy b
stops after 2nd try</p>
<p>ignoring risk of lower third score, would getting a 2350 make a significant difference while applying to mostly big universities, or will it being the third try and the extensive studying make it drastically less valuble</p>
<p>I am in no way saying that I could get 2350 surefire, but I just ask that you do not factor that into the decision. The main concern of mine is would the third try make it look less appealing?</p>
<p>Three times is a good number for most cases. However, may I ask what you received the first time?
Have you taken official practice test(s) that were 2350+?</p>
<p>thanks for replying mate, i got a 2160 initally and i have been doing high 22’s and low 23’s, but seing as how i have until december, i strongly feel that if i put in the effort, i can hit the higher 23’s</p>
<p>As my daughter told me when I asked if she wanted to retake the SAT, “why would I want to get up early on a Saturday when I have a perfectly good score?”</p>
<p>Vikramreddy, you mention “the risk of a lower third score”. However, with Score Choice as an option given by the College Board, it is not a risk; you can choose which scores to send and which to not send. The college will only know about those which you send. However, there are a few schools that require you to send all scores (Yale, Pomona, a few more) and perhaps they are on you list.</p>
<p>Erin’s dad, haha, you have a smart daughter, but like the SAT is the only thing apart from my essays that I have true control over so I just wanna bang it out once more. Also, like I kinda like preparing for exams such as these. and jennie i mean like, risk as in like, i spent 45 days studying for an exam only to have the same results. thanks for responding, both of you.</p>
<p>Honestly, with a 2240, they aren’t usually gonna deny you because of your SAT score unless you’re applying to somewhere where the only thing they use to admit is SAT scores.</p>
Maybe, from College Board:
“Most students take the SAT during their junior or senior year of high school. At least half of all students take the SAT twice — in the spring as a junior and in the fall as a senior. Most students improve their score the second time they take the SAT.”</p>
<p>yeah i got u serenity, i jsut think that is the only thing i really have control over so i wanna make it as good as possible. good call 4kids, ill need to consider that, yeah that was wat i was thinking gildo, sylvan lol thanks for the advice, but ima much better essay writer no worries. and yeah risubu, im a senior, but im positive i have the time, thnks dude</p>
<p>1 - a score of 2250 is ~top 12,000 students who take the SAT . … you really needd to move up to the top 10,000/8,000/6,000?</p>
<p>2 - you have “control” over a few things and “influence” over others . . . the control part includes your SATs, your grades, your essays, the choices of what schools you apply to . . . why, gosh, you have “control” over many more things than the SAT</p>
<p>3- but you do NOT have control over how a school decides what your SAT score means . . . so, what DOES a (hypothetical) 2350 third time mean? different than a 2350 first time . . . indicates that you know how to conform to a testing norm? . . . show hidden intellectual capability? . . . maybe shows that you have no idea what “good enough” means? There are lots of opinions that a school might have about someone who believes that being in the top 12,000 in the world isn’t good enough, both positive and negative</p>
<p>4 - be yourself . . . and if “being yourself” means that you “need” to take it again go right ahead . . . that will help schools decide whether to accept you or not :-)</p>
no worries. and yeah risubu, im a senior, but im positive i have the time, thnks dude</p>