<p>So I was on the Harvard website, and I came upon this:
"We consider your best test scores, but it is generally our experience that taking tests more than twice offers diminishing returns."
I never knew this, so I took the SAT in may my freshman year and once in may my sophomore year.
I'm planning to take it my third and last time this October as a senior.
So technically, I took it three times, but the one I took my freshman year really counts that much? Would taking the SAT three times hurt my chances in any ways?
And also, they say that students are welcome to use the score choice option, so how would they know if I took it more than two times? </p>
<p>My guess is they mean more than twice in a short period of time. For instance taking them monthly for a period of six months. Taking them 1 year apart wouldn’t yield diminishing returns because your knowledge base has grown as a result of your high school classes. They probably want to discourage the craziness of taking it “one more time” to get a few more points. </p>