<p>I'm planning on applying to HYPSM and Ivy Leagues. I took the SAT last Saturday and heard that sophomore SAT scores may not be accepted. Can someone verify this claim?</p>
<p>There is no truth to that statement. If you get a very good score as a sophomore, I don’t see any reason why you’d have to take it again during your junior or senior years…</p>
<p>Ok thank you. I thought that would be a bogus statement as well.</p>
<p>Colleges don’t need you to retake a good SAT or ACT, but your HIGH SCHOOL may require it – they often want to compare their student body junior-year-to-junior-year for statistical purposes. My son, for example, got a perfect 36.0 ACT as a sophomore, but will have to retake the test as a junior in order to graduate. Is this stupid? Absolutely! If he didn’t love his school and know that doing so would hurt their reputation, he’d be tempted to try for a perfect low score next time, where not a single answer is correct.</p>
<p>@ LoremIpsum: Or he could do what one of my friends did – play hooky on the day of the ACT administration 
He found no use for it since he already had a very high SAT score (2350+). :p</p>
<p>Fledgling, they have make-up days, unfortunately, and the central bureaucracy is hidebound enough to possibly not give him a diploma. Ultimately, it’s best to make one’s counselor happy – that nice fellow who writes those Ivy League recommendations – and it’s not like there’s any prep time involved. </p>
<p>Two weeks ago my son actually had to take the PRACTICE ACT, how lame is that? He came home annoyed that one Reading/English question was ambiguously worded – he might have to settle for a 35.75 this time. Boo hoo!</p>