<p>Harriet–Paying3tuitions, a parent, described a “bragging rights” situation, and then VERY CLEARLY said that s/he did not endorse it and was merely reporting. Narcissa, whom I believe is a kid, also mentioned the bragging rights scenario, and also did not endorse it.</p>
<p>So if you need to don a flame-proof vest, perhaps it is because you are accusing people of doing something that they have not done–at least, not in this thread: endorsing bragging rights as a reason to retake the SAT.</p>
<p>I continue to think that people’s views on this topic have a lot to do with their own experience of standardized tests. If they are pretty much a breeze for you, you don’t think of retaking as a big deal. If you regard them with trepidation, you think that a student with a good score who wants to retake must be a crazed and obsessed perfectionist to subject themselves to it. It’s simply not true.</p>
<p>When it comes to our household, Wis75 is correct and Notredame is completely off the mark.</p>
<p>Does the crazed, grade-grubbing perfectionist exist? Sure. But it’s not the whole story.</p>
<p>When you are considering financial reasons, btw, do recall that there are families for whom admission to a need-blind school that meets need without huge loans is a necessity. And yeah, at those schools, another 60 points might just help, as an earlier poster showed. </p>
<p>And btw, I do not regard this as “an attack,” and I hope you don’t either.</p>