<p>Be wise: when someone sees that a thought will come up:“Is the only thing this kid does is study for freaking exams?”</p>
<p>You’ll clearly define yourself as a test-wonk – fixated on testing well but having no other strengths. </p>
<p>This might be seen as a negative (despite many 800s) if the rest of your profile isn’t rife with human interaction/real influence/real leadership.</p>
<p>When one is required to take 2-3 tests, gets 800s on them and then goes and takes a bunch more – just to prove to others that he/she can get more 800s, then that raises some concerns for certain schools.</p>
<p>A few years back, a guy got a 2380 on his SATs. Here on CC he boasted how he retook it to get a 2400 (which he did). My alma mater turned him down – probably for the exact same reasons I cited above.</p>