<p>Hi,
I have a friend who scored a 1800 on his first SAT, then a 2350 on his second testing. </p>
<p>My question, does the CB consider this cheating? He says that he was on cold medicine the day of the first test (not intentionally getting "high"), so he wasn't really thinking straight. Honestly, I'm not surprised he got a 2350, he's a bright guy, I was surprised at the initial 1800 though...</p>
<p>I he was really sick, he could have mismarked a whole section, or left something out. It happens. I don't see how anyone would consider this cheating. I think they'll understand why he wanted to retake when they see the score.</p>
<p>Sometimes, CB may "flag" scores from a student who has a drastic improvement in score. I remember reading that this happened to a few people on CC in the past. However, IIRC, this is done before the scores are even released, so if he has already received his 2350 score, then CB must have decided that nothing was wrong.</p>
<p>My guess is if CB did decide to "flag" your friend's score, he would totally own CB in an argument regarding the issue. Anyone who can score a 2350 is certainly gifted.</p>
<p>I think the main thing they are concerned about is huge jumps within one month's time</p>
<p>My PA psych teacher told us that if you raise your score 300 points within a month, they don't even investigate it, they flat out refuse to let the score count</p>
<p>what?? that is not fair</p>
<p>no, i dont think they automatically refuse the score to count because that doesn't make sense and I don't think it's legal to cancel scores like that. They conduct an investigation and if its suspected that the student cheated, its taken to court.</p>
<p>Can you sue CB if they were wrong?</p>
<p>probably..</p>
<p>Knows not of what he speaks</p>
<p>There are evidence-gathering and appeal procedures for doubtful cases. But if there is enough of a time gap between one test session and another, the bad score the first time is likely to be interpreted as the test-taker having a bad day and deciding to do a do-over. </p>
<p>I know someone who was dissatisfied with his score--he thought he had had a bad day, and I thought maybe he was right, knowing what he can do in real life--and he retook at the very next administration of the SAT for a score gain of 180 points on the "old" SAT. (He got an 800 on one section his second time around.) The scores were issued normally without a peep from the College Board.</p>