<p>My statement that Penn DOESNT refers to the fact that Penn may not care about how many times you take the SAT, hence you may have nothing to lose taking it a fourth time. Calling it lacking substance is a little pretentious no?</p>
<p>So what makes you think the prediction stating Penn DOES factor in number of retakes has any more substamce? neither are based on facts.</p>
<p>It is simply based on the fact that they do not accept score choice, indicating that the school wants to see SATs that you have taken even if they don’t include any of your highest subsections. When I said without substance, I meant that it was purely speculative without any type of logic behind it.</p>
<p>I personally think it is completely unfair for Penn to require you to send all scores in. CollegeBoard first says that students can now choose the option of score choice, letting students think that they can take the test more times throughout their junior year. Then, starting their senior year, students learn that they need to send in all of their scores AFTER they’ve already taken the test as many times as they wanted. If Penn had notified students of this earlier, I would have no objection. For some students, if they knew that some schools like Penn and Cornell would be requiring all scores, they probably wouldn’t have taken the test so many times in the first place.</p>
<p>Send all of your scores. It is what you are supposed to do. If you don’t, you aren’t complying with Penn’s policy. While I don’t believe the school will find out, if they do, you will not get in. Even if you do get in, if they find out you didn’t follow application instructions/withheld info, its possible you will kicked out/won’t get a diploma. It’s far easier to simply follow the rules. </p>
<p>Taking the test again probably won’t look so great… however, if you feel confident that you can significantly improve you score, go for it. If you are thinking MAYBE you can up a section by 20 points or something, don’t do it. It’s not worth it. If you think you can bring up your reading by like 50 points or something, then do it. I guess it really depends on how prepared/confident you are. </p>
<p>Hope this helps! Your scores are good as are, by the way. :)</p>