<p>I know I do sound like a jerk and that this post is probably not appropriate here. But, this is absolutely urgent!! Anyway, the question is HOW MANY TIMES SHOULD ONE TAKE THE SAT IN ORDER TO BE ENROLLED IN A RESPECTABLE AMERICAN COLLEGE (LIKE HARVARD)?</p>
<p>P.S.: Only an expert, senior or a moderator shall answer this question, in order to avoid ambiguity!</p>
<p>And I am not as oaf as I might sound, maybe naivet</p>
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However many times, within reason, it takes to get a good score. If that is one for you, great. It could also be two or three. Five or six would be excessive, because there is only so much one can improve. However, there is no concrete answer here. Were you expecting to come here and get an answer like “Three”? That would not be credible.</p>
<p>^Why wouldn’t it be credible?! Apart from this, one SAT is probably sufficient for me to get a perfect score, not really, but at least a Harvard score. The question is to make me release a sigh of relief! </p>
<p>P.S.: My SAT score for the only SAT I took, didn’t appear yet. But, at least, I get good-I don’t want to be any pretentious-scores while solving real practice tests, which aids in goob results!</p>
<p>If you were to get a score that you feel is good enough for the school of your choice the first time around, why would you take it a second time? You should only take it until you get a score you are satisfied with.</p>
<p>As a senior member, I will assure you that you need to take the SAT at least 15 times to ensure a probable admission into a respectable college like Harvard.</p>
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Ah, but what is the ACT conversion rate?</p>
<p>@RAlec114, you are assuring me of the vitality to take the SAT at least 15 times, forgetting to mention that this criterion depends on whom you are talking to. Although I can’t still boldly confirm it, but the possibility-for me-of getting a Harvard score isn’t frail at all! </p>
<p>And it is so manifest that, the discussion is diverging away from the main purpose of the post, that alludes that, WON’T IT MATTER FOR A COLLEGE LIKE HARVARD TO ENROLL A STUDENT, THOUGH WITH A GREAT SCORE, WHO TOOK THE SAT FOR SOMETHING LIKE 5 TRIALS!!! For as far as I know, a new option known as the Score Choice has recently sprouted out, allowing students to take as many SATs as they like, maintaining their free choice of what scores to send!!!</p>
<p>The suggestion of taking it 15 times was a joke, as such a number is obviously ridiculous. Yes, given score choice, you can take the SAT however many times you want and only use the best scores. However, if you receive an excellent score the first time around, retaking it is likely not worth the trouble.</p>
<p>^Now, that’s A SATISFYING ANSWER. Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>But he is not a senior member. I would not trust his advice. </p>
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<p>It is not something that I, a senior member, can state accurately without some degree of error as it requires heavy mathematical and statistical calculations. These are some approximations</p>
<p>36… 2380 twice and 2400 5 times + 3 subject test scores of 710
35… 2330 5 times, 2400 once, 1 1500<br>
34… 2200 10 times
33… 5 2000s + 2 subject test scores of 720
32… 8 1900s + 4 subject test scores of 800</p>
<p>As you can see, to get the magical 15 number of SATs, most students go for a 36, and then a 32. Or a 34 and then a 33. </p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>/Absurdity</p>
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Clearly, I will gain true insight somewhere in the next 42 posts.</p>
<p>Three. Max.</p>
<p>10char</p>
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<p>It will come soon enough. A revelation of some sort</p>
<p>Yep, it happens the moment you hit your 1000th post.</p>
<p>This question doesn’t make sense…</p>
<p>Obviously you want a good score, so if you got a 2300 your first time, it doesn’t make much sense taking it a second time.</p>
<p>No offense, but you might want to work on improving your English before retaking the SAT; some of your posts are unintelligible. Are you an International?</p>
<p>This is a depressing thread…Move it to the pre-high school thread so no one will have to read it</p>
<p>Three sittings at the maximum.
Agreed with TRUFFLIEPUFF.</p>
<p>@ACTTester, no affront! I don’t think there was someone who gave you the authority to judge my grammar. Mind your own business!! NO OFFENSE!</p>
<p>@RAlec114, if you are asking not taking a regular member’s advice, what’s YOUR advice (as a replacement)?</p>
<p>Ahh!! ACTTester, do you find me writing, I is or you was or my teacher and I"??!!!</p>