<p>Suppose a student takes the SAT I as a sophomore and gets a low score (sth like 450 to 530 on each) and then as a junior boosts his score to sth around (660-740) will colleges give it more preference or look at the big differences with narrow eyes?</p>
<p>Asifkhan, I'm trying to do that tomorrow on the Dec 2 SAT. I got as a sophmore: Math 570 CR 460 Writing 440. I'm a junior now and tomorrow I'm attempting to do a Math 700 CR 650 Writing 670. So I hope they won't question me on this but we'll just see in 2 weeks!</p>
<p>Well, I'm trying out for a very specialized school, for which an SAT score higher than the applicant's high school's average is required. I believe I'll be able to beat that goal easily but the fact is that the higher SAT score u have, the more points u get for getting admission to that school. So, I'm giving my SAT I tomorrow without ANY sorts of preparations except I did some CR practices. The last SAT Score they accept is from Jan 27's one, so, I'm thinking like just to have a feel of how it is to give the SAT tomorrow and then the next time I hope I can ace it in style (not perfect scores anyway, at least some 650s). But really, do you all think I can raise my score fairly high between now and Jan 27 as long as I study strategically? Since, I'm thinking of trying out for a top-notch college I was wondering whether a low SAT score (as a sophomore) will affect their decision negatively.</p>
<p>Colleges are impartial to SAT I scores. They do not regard when you took it and what score you got, their only consideration is the composite score (the highest score from each section from the total number of sit ins, pref. 3 or less).</p>
<p>They won't go "WOW, in his sophomore year he got a 1590 as a score...and his junior year he got a 2200!!!" Truth be told, there isn't any score bump you can get that would make them roll in shock and awe. It could be probable that you were sick that day and got a 1400 and the next sit in you get a 2150. </p>
<p>SAT's don't reveal much about you. It's your transcript that shows them how smart you are.</p>
<p>to an xtent, dignus is correct but u can not forget that top schools literally have a standard SAT score that u need to achieve for them to even "look at ur app".</p>
<p>and asif, seeing as how u scored low during sophmore year, it would be a nice affect on the AC's to seeing a positive trend in ur SAT performance.</p>
<p>One thing though - some schools do not look at composite scores; they look only at scores from a single sitting.</p>
<p>The fact is colleges would pick someone who got a good score taking it once rather than someone taking it 3 times. Also if your score goes down that looks even worse.</p>
<p>I have checked with a few universities and only a few do so as you have said (taking scores from one setting). Most take composite scores and just deal with that just to look at your app as Suave has mentioned.</p>