Did your SAT score go up or down your 2nd, 3rd, etc time?

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<p>During my SAT class, I think they said that people who retook the SAT again or multiple times had a 50% chance of their score going up.</p>

<p>How many times have you taken the SAT? What were your scores each time? Did they go up, down, or stay the same, and if so, by how much?</p>

<p>1st SAT -
Critical Reading: 520
Mathematics: 610
Writing: 590
Total: 1720</p>

<p>2nd SAT -
Critical Reading: 530 Up 10
Mathematics: 620 Up 10
Writing: 570 Down 20
Total: 1720 Same score</p>

<p>I like how they let you choose your best scores from all of your SATs you take to send to colleges as your final score. So here's mine -
Best of all SATs -
Critical Reading: 530
Mathematics: 620
Writing: 590
Total: 1740</p>

<p>What about you guys?</p>

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<p>The reason people lose points is because they don’t study. If you study, you will do better. It’s as simple as that. I went from 1950 on a BB test to 2150 Oct 08 to 2300 May 09.</p>

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<p>First time was 2080. Second 2190. Combined 2220.</p>

<p>I didn’t really study between them though. Now I’m studying and I’m going to take it one last time.</p>

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<p>PSAT (little studying)
70 CR
80 M
73 W
223 total</p>

<p>1st SAT (lots of studying)
790 CR –> up 90
720 M –> down 80
800 W –> up 70
2310 total –> up 80</p>

<p>2nd SAT (little studying)
800 CR –> up 10 (up 100 from PSAT)
800 M –> up 80 (same as PSAT)
800 W –> same (up 70 from PSAT)
2400 total –> up 90 (up 170 from PSAT)</p>

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<p>hey for 112358 any anyone else, what do you consider a “little studying” and " alot of studying"?</p>

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<p>For the PSAT, I just did some math review and took one practice test the day before. For my first SAT, I did all 8 BB tests. For my second one, I just did the two online tests.</p>

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<p>That’s fantastic scores, 112358.</p>

<p>Scores usually go up. I went up by 30 net points, but one of my sections went below 700 on the second time.</p>

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<p>i went up 220 points from 1930 to 2150, but I had to work a lot for it :P</p>

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<p>1930 to 2300. But only because I was kind of new to the test format first time around.</p>

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<p>Mine went up ~100 points every time I took it, even though I didn’t study for any besides a practice section or two the night before. Which makes me wonder if its all about luck</p>

<p>2130 (700/720/710)
2230 (730/740/760)
2320 (770/770/780)</p>

<p>Maybe I could do much better if I actually studied…but I dont really care any more, I think my 3rd score is enough to be satisfied with</p>

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<p>2020–>2190 (2 days prep the first time, 3 days prep the second :P, so studying more DOES help!)</p>

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<p>How much did you study for your 2nd, 3rd times, etc? I’m mad that my score stayed the same.</p>

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<p>PSAT = 152
1st SAT = 1600
2nd SAT = 1780</p>

<p>And now that I’m actually studying, in my practice tests I’m hitting 2100+.</p>

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<p>The first time I took the test, my scores were
CR-790
M -790
W -660
Total-2240
The second time, my scores went down…
CR-720
M -710
W- 740
total-2170
Though considering super score, the total is now 2320</p>

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<p>If you look at statistics and don’t do any studying yourself, you aren’t going to get anywhere. Those statistics aren’t etched in stone. You don’t have a 50% chance of getting a lower score the 2nd time if you study your ass off.</p>

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<p>That’s really true Structur3. This is the statistics on CollegeBoard - </p>

<p>Will Retaking the SAT Improve Your Writing Score?</p>

<p>Students who took the SAT for the first time as juniors and got the same writing score you did had a change, on average, of
8 points when they retook the test as seniors:</p>

<pre><code>* 51 percent scored higher.

  • 41 percent scored lower.
  • 8 percent got the same.
    </code></pre>