<p>Now that I have your attention… I need your help. Which of the following choices will look better on my college application.</p>
<p>I have taken the SAT 3 times but i think that i can improve should i take it again or would that be excessive. I have been practicing for the ACT but only average around a 31, is it even worth it?</p>
<p>OPTIONS:
Took SAT 3 times: 2120 highest score</p>
<li><p>Took SAt 3 Times: 2120 highest score; took ACT once:31</p></li>
<li><p>Took SAT 4 times: 2200 highest score</p></li>
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<p>Forget about taking it a fourth time. You can't guarantee that your score will raise, and four times to achieve that goal is excessive. I would recommend taking the ACT after you continue to practice; you'll at the very least gain experience, and at the best have another set of numbers to use for looking into safety, match, and reach colleges.</p>
<p>At my school they strongly discourage us from taking it more than 3 times, saying that after that it either has limited returns or more importantly looks bad.</p>
<p>But, important question. What are your 3 best scores? Colleges these days, for various reasons (sometimes marketing, sometimes to be nice / fair) will take your best section scores and combine them together. So if you had your highest score in each section on a different testing, you could be in for a good deal.</p>
<p>What's your value-added composite score, then? The highest score from each section from any of those three tests, added together... > 2120?</p>