<p>so anyway, i improved from 2090 to 2250 to 2340 in the span of a year (each sitting was, interestingly my superscore as well as best single sitting), will this, or any dramatic improvement in SAT/ACT be viewed in a positive light by the adcoms, or is it like a telling sign of a lazy student?</p>
<p>i never took a prep class (except the one my mom forced me to... for like 4 weeks right after my first SAT) and took it the 3rd time on a whim (got 34 in sep for the ACT) </p>
<p>so yea, is there (ever) a point in which score improvement might actually make you look bad in the admissions process?</p>
<p>Well, the answer to this seems very ambiguous.</p>
<p>I think it shows signs of an improving student. I had lots of B's and C's my freshman and sophomore years but now I'm getting straight A's (okay, the biggest factor was the school transfer)</p>
<p>So if you are getting much better grades than before, it would show signs that you are an improving student.</p>
<p>By the way, compared to the average student, 2090 is not the score of a lazy student. This does not apply if you are applying to highly competitive schools, which you probably are.</p>
<p>ix3demo you have great sat scores and the improvement just shows hard word and a certain maturity. no school would look upon any of these scores as an indication that you are a lazy student. These score also reflect how bright and how capable you are. With that said the only time a school will judge you as lazy is if your grades do not reflect your remarkable sat scores. Most of the very competitive colleges stress academic rigor and gpa as very important while the sat scores are considered important. take a look at the the acepted students stats you will see that top colleges reject students with very high sat scores when gpa does not match up but accept many students with lower(but still outstanding) sat scores with extremely high gpas</p>