<p>Would love to hear from students who have taken the SAT twice. If so, did your score increase or decrease? What is the percentage of increased scores the second time around? Anyone know? Thanks.</p>
<p>Sophomore PSAT: 187
Junior PSAT: 215
November Junior SAT: 2020
March Junior SAT: 2210</p>
<p>No studying! :D</p>
<p>Sophomore PSAT: 132
Junior PSAT: 163
March Junior SAT: 1800
June Junior SAT: Projected around 2000 (thought I did very, very well).</p>
<p>i took a sat prep course before the march sat though, and studied myself before the june sat. this website really did help a lot, along with doing around 15-20 practice tests</p>
<p>Wow. How did you get a 280 point jump with no studying whatsoever between your Sophomore PSAT and your Junior PSAT? Furthermore, how did you get a 340 point jump overall? Dang.</p>
<p>Sophmore PSAT: 165
Junior PSAT: 193
January SAT: 2010
June SAT: looking around a 2100</p>
<p>Mine only increased 40 points. Some peoples decrease. It’s all a crapshoot if you ask me.</p>
<p>@careermom- most colleges “superscore” the SAT meaning they use the highest subscore for math, critical reading, and writing from multiple sittings of the test. It makes sense to take the SAT at least twice in order to take advantage of the potential for “superscoring” even if the total score doesn’t move very much! My D took the SAT twice and while her math and reading didn’t move as much her writing score increased by over 100 points (without additional studying). So- moral of story- encourage your son to take it one more time, there is nothing to lose and everything to gain!</p>
<p>Daughter’s score:</p>
<p>March SAT: 2100 (640+700+760)
May SAT: 2080 (710+700+670), no studying</p>
<p>Her goal the second time was to move CR up which she achieved</p>
<p>Soph PSAT: 187
Jr. PSAT: 206 (mostly because he knew more math, but writing also improved a lot)
Jr. SAT: 2100
Sr. SAT: 2130</p>
<p>Very little studying for any of this. </p>
<p>In general scores will increase just from familiarity with the test, but the higher the initial score is, the less likely it is, and of course there may not be room for much improvement.</p>
<p>I agree with superscoring, there is really no downside to taking the SAT twice.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. I’m happy for all of you who scored so well, but I do feel a little inferior. My son’s score in January was:</p>
<p>470 writing
560 reading
540 math</p>
<p>I was actually happy with his reading and math scores because they were higher than what I (and my peers) scored a zillion years ago, back in the 80s. So I wanted him to take the test again to improve the writing score. He studied and took the practice test from collegeboard and his scores went up 20 pts in reading, 40 in math and 70 (to 540) in writing. He just took the SAT last Saturday. I’m hoping he at least gets the writing score up.</p>
<p>It seems today that either kids are much smarter than we were back in the 80s, or maybe the rules have changed. I could swear I remember (back in 1984) that if you omitted a question, it was considered wrong and pts were taken off. But nowadays, omitting doesn’t hurt.</p>
<p>PSAT soph. year - 183 Didn’t even know what the test was
PSAT junior year - 207 Prepped one day in class
SAT junior year - 2180 Studied pretty hard for a couple of months</p>
<p>PSAT junior year: 221
SAT December of junior: 2110
SAT March of Junior: 2330
So glad I could get it off my chest</p>
<p>risubu, which score was more surprising, the 2110, or the 2330?</p>
<p>PSAT Freshman: 180 (Some prep)
PSAT Junior: 222 (Much prep)
SAT Junior May: 2260 (No prep)
SAT Junior June: 2??0 (No prep)</p>
<p>I suggest taking the PSAT four times, although I did not.
8th grade: bragging rights, prodigy screening
9th grade: to see if you can reach National Merit with prep
10th grade: as practice for the SAT, rather than using your first or second real SAT as a reconnaissance mission.
11th grade: to earn National Merit</p>
<p>carreermom- actually omitting questions does hurt the total; the SAT is scored based on a raw total of correct answers then subtracting a penalty of 1/4 for incorrect answers. Skipping an answer (omitting) is better than answering the question incorrectly, since omitting scores “0” where answering incorrectly scores “-1/4”. However, it is not better than answering the question correctly which scores “1”.</p>
<p>The ACT does not have a guessing penalty.</p>
<p>Sophomore PSAT: 194
Junior PSAT: 215
May 2012 SAT: 2300
No studying</p>
<p>S’s scores;
soph; psat 185
Jr; psat 207, SAT 2220
(Did 6 or 8 practice tests between psat and sat)</p>
<p>sophmore psat: 164 (no study)
junior psat: 196 (no study)
junior march sat: 2030 (no study)
junior june sat: around 2200ish (took 13 practice tests, studied)</p>
<p>7th grade SAT (took for the lulz and cuz my parents wanted me to see what its like): 1930
10th grade PSAT: 204 or maybe 206, somewhere around there
11th grade PSAT: 218
11th grade SAT: 2210</p>
<p>all no studying until the 11th grade PSAT ( i really wanted National Merit)</p>
<p>My scores went down in critical reading, up in math, and stayed the same in writing. My first time, I got a 600 CR 600 M 580 W amd the second time I got a 590 CR 660 M 580 W. I’m hoping that my 34 on the ACT compensates for such a low SAT! … I never really studied for them, but I guess I’m gonna have to if I want to get into Ivy Leagues…</p>
<p>PSAT Sophomore: 159 (awful I know)
SAT Sophomore: 1760
PSAT Junior: 190
Didn’t study for any of those.
SAT Junior (March): 2100
SAT Junior (May): Just took it so scores obviously aren’t out yet but I’m hoping for around a 2300, probably a bit less.
Those are with studying.</p>