<p>Right - just to clarify - the admissions office was "advising" my son to retake the SAT's to present the best possible profile for admissions; not saying if your score doesn't go up you won't get in. I think they were trying to be "helpful". But even then, it seems pretty silly. So what if his scores had gone up the 40-50 points as frequently happens in second seatings - it just doesn't seem all that significant and it makes the school seem very score-obsessed. It made me wonder why? As ID says above "Bingo".</p>