<p>i took the SAT1 Jan29, March11 and plan on taking it June and if i have to a 4th time in the fall? will it harm my chances in getting into Ivy's by doing this??</p>
<p>nooooooooooo</p>
<p>then why am I always hearing that you should not take it more than 3 times</p>
<p>copied and pasted from [Penn</a> Admissions: Required Tests](<a href=“http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/applying/testing.php]Penn”>http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/applying/testing.php)</p>
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<p>damn. so they DO care…</p>
<p>Don’t forget, it is your ethically responsibility to send ALL of your testing scores to Penn. To NOT do so is to bring bad karma upon your application!</p>
<p>Taking it multiple times can lead to artificial inflation of your score, which isn’t impressive.</p>
<p>Crap, I took it 3x. :X
I hope that’s not terrible. </p>
<p>hardworking21…
I agree!</p>
<p>BigGreen2016 are you done taking it or do u plan on sitting for it a 4th time?</p>
<p>Oh, I’m a Senior. Waiting for decisions!</p>
<p>how far apart did you space each test? i am a junior and took it the first time Jan 29th and then had 3 weeks to prepare for March 11th but i only had to focus on CR…what do u think?</p>
<p>I took it three times, twice junior year and once senior year.</p>
<p>I think it looks worse if it only results in tiny increases. If each test has a major increase, which would be hard to do, I don’t think it would be as problematic.</p>
<p>@BigGreen2016: That’s not a problem. I took it 3 times. Went from 2130 to 2230 to 2330. 100 point increase each time.</p>
<p>Make each time you take it MEANINGFUL! Admissions won’t mind if your actions are with purpose.</p>
<p>I agree with hardworking21 -if you show improvement ,it’s good ,but what if you don’t ?</p>
<p>It looks bad…
If I were an admissions officer, I would reject a person who took the SAT more than 3 times automatically…
It just shows that the person is an overly ambitious, unhealthy perfectionist, who a) does not know when to stop and b) cannot move on to life without getting the last 10 points (2390 → 2400). I would not care as much about the final super-score as about what taking the test 4 times says to me about that person.</p>
<p>Just my two cents…</p>
<p>PS: If you know you are not going to improve enough on your third test, i.e. the one in June, then just DO NOT take it in June. Use the summer to study, use some of the beginning of your senior year and take the test in October or November. It will look MUCH better because it also shows that you’re not some dull bot taking the test on every possible day, but that you know how much you need to study and when you are strong enough. The other way is just lottery…</p>
<p>How does one goes from a great student who takes SAT 3 times to an objectionable applicant who takes another extra time with 4 taking? I don’t claim to know exactly how an admission officer feels but this is just noise, your overall super score is the overriding factor, that is what I think they care about the most.</p>
<p>The applicant who takes it 3 times with 2150 score and the kid who in his 4th taking has a score of 2300+, I think the latter is a stronger candidate in terms of standardised testing.</p>
<p>I agree with amk933. I spoke with a Duke representative (and while Duke is not an Ivy, it is generally grouped with them, so to speak) and he told me seeing even 100 point increases often doesn’t mean much once you’re already at that point where your score is high. What is a 100 point increase overall? 20 in two sections and 60 in the last? Two 30 point increases and one 40 point increase? It really isn’t that much so if you just keep on retaking to get the last few points in each section, it does show that maybe the student is too focused on improving their SAT when they could be putting that energy towards other things that might be lacking, like community service or ECs.</p>
<p>“If you know you are not going to improve enough on your third test, i.e. the one in June, then just DO NOT take it in June. Use the summer to study, use some of the beginning of your senior year and take the test in October or November.” —AGREED!!! I was going to take it in June, realized I wasn’t ready, and immediately switched to the October test. </p>
<p>Regarding how much you improve, well, from my first test to second test, my Writing went up 90 points (690 to 780). From the second test to the third, my CR went up 70 points (660 to 730) and my Writing went to a perfect 800. My Math had been a 800 already (from the second test). Essentially, I think this helped my app somewhat as my scores (if you compare day 1 to the end) went from a 660 to a 730 for CR and 690 to 800 for W. I then had two 800’s and one 730. That looks a LOT better than a 660 CR, 780 M, and 690 W. </p>
<p>“They could be putting that energy towards other things that might be lacking, like community service or ECs.” I personally didn’t think I was lacking in any of those factors (feel free to read my profile on the 2016 ED Acceptees page). However, I knew my test scores were lacking, and that I wanted to improve them (to 2300+).</p>
<p>^^I wasn’t speaking about you in particular, it was just some advice I had been given which I was stating to maybe help the OP out. Obviously I do not know your stats or the OP’s stats or anyone else’s stat’s, I’m just trying to make a bit of information available so whoever sees it can keep it in mind if they choose to when making their decision. :)</p>