Do colleges know how many times I have taken the SAT?

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<p>Hi</p>

<p>I took the October SAT for the first time last year as a Junior and</p>

<p>Took it again in March. I was not confident about the test even at the testing site since I've not really studied for it ever since, and I was in the crappiest condition.</p>

<p>Not surprisingly,, I rushed bunch of answers on one of the reading sections, so I had to go back at the last moment to fix, with like 3~4 questions left unanswered.</p>

<p>I screwed up on the essay section, and I already know I got at most an 8 if i am lucky.</p>

<p>But I am pretty confident on math and writing m/c</p>

<p>So my question here is.. Do colleges really care how many times I take the SAT? Since I plan on taking it again on June and October, that would be 4 times. </p>

<p>If they do care, should I cancel my score if I kinda have a feeling that my score did not improve, if not depreciated?</p>

<p>THAANKs in advance !</p>

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<p>The answer to this question is “depends”. Some colleges will know all your scores, some won’t depending on their “score-choice” preferences (check the collegeboard score choice pdf for these preferences). Generally, you can use score-choice to only report scores you want colleges to receive (however, colleges will still know the scores of the tests you listed them as one of the 4 recipients to receive scores free of charge regardless of your score-choice options). However, some colleges will require you to send all scores.</p>

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<p>What if a college requires you to send all scores, but you leave one out?</p>

<p>Sent from my SPH-D700 using CC</p>

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<p>If they require you to send them all in and you leave one out, it won’t be pretty when they find out… especially if you haven’t cured cancer haha good luck:)</p>

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<p>I’m curious…how can colleges find out that you’re withholding a score?
For example, I know UCs require applicants to submit every score, but is there a mechanism that explicitly prevents me from withholding a score or otherwise could indicate that I am?</p>

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<p>They won’t know scores that you don’t send them, and they won’t know that they are missing them.</p>

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<p>Thanks silverturtle!
On a side note, your grammar guide is absolutely brilliant. It has made the ACT english section incredibly simple; I get my SAT scores back on thursday, and anything over 700 on writing can be attributed directly to you.</p>

<p>Sent from my SPH-D700 using CC</p>