<p>my scores:
01/2009 (CR-M-W) 730-660-630 (2020 total)
05/2009 (CR-M-W) 800-660-640 (2100 total)</p>
<p>my math score is so sad. i want to improve it. 1440/1600 is good, but 1500+/1600 is better =D i know stanford super scores and i could take advantage of that.</p>
<p>I would take it again because I don’t think to get in anyways with those scores… If you start studying now, there’s no reason you can’t get a 700 M and 700 W.</p>
<p>I don’t have the stats on distribution of # times taken, but from reading this forum for a couple of years, three times seems quite acceptable to adcoms. I bet 2x is average for applicants to Top 50 schools. Remember it is also in the <em>school’s</em> interest to be able to report the higher scores for all of its applicants.</p>
<p>This will be a less important issue for 2011 grads as they can select what they want College Board to send to their schools.</p>
<p>i hear three times is basically the limit. if you still dont want to do it, though, try the ACT</p>
<p>No limit, but no point of taking the test like 10 times if you aren’t improving.</p>
<p><em>correction</em> I read on another thread that 2010 grads get to choose which scores are sent to the universities by College Board. So OP, unless the schools to which you apply explicitly state “Send all available test scores” or something to that effect, simply send your highest single sitting, and then another score (s) if they’re needed for superscoring.</p>
<p>What about if you want to apply ED and want to take the SATs one more time in October. Do you need to send the new scores blindly to that school or do you have a chance to see the scores and decide before sending them?</p>
<p>for those interested, I shot off an email to the adcom this morning and got a good reply-</p>
<p>Me: Undergraduate Admissions Director Richard Shaw once discouraged students from taking the SAT Reasoning Test “more than once or twice”. I have taken the SAT twice, but my scores are suprisingly unbalanced (1st try: 730 CR, 660 M, 630 W; 2nd try: 800 CR, 660 M, 640 W). I can improve my math score. I am thinking of taking the SAT for the third time this fall. Will it affect my chances of admission?</p>
<p>Adcom: While we look at the general pattern of scores, we pay particular attention
to the highest scores on each exam. Stanford has always considered an
applicant’s highest verbal and math scores, whether received in one exam
sitting or in separate sittings. You may re-take the test if you believe
that you may improve the results considerably: just use common sense.</p>
<p>k thread closed =D</p>
<p>nice job, straight from the source… though that is a canned response :)</p>