<p>Yalebound72 -- you are correct for those colleges that previously did not require SAT-II Writing.... bcos if they did, they will now use the new writing score in lieu of II-Writing which is no longer offered by CB</p>
<p>My son's PSAT score went up 33 points but he just missed Semi in our state which has a high cut off. My other two kids did not have such high increases from 10th grade to 11th grade PSAT. This kid did Math prep on his own (10 Real SATs) and worked some with a private English tutor. He took the SAT II Writing in Dec and planned to take the
old SAT I in Jan. and the new one in March. However, after seeing his score on the new PSAT, he decided he'd rather skip the Jan SAT I cuz he preferred the new format much better. Having done so well on the new PSAT boosted his confidence level
vis a vis the new SAT I. My take on this is "Fine -- whatever works best for you." I figure that if he does poorly on Writing portion of new SAT I, at least he has pretty good score on Writing SAT II.</p>
<p>I'm not understanding 160-210 point increases since the PSAT is out of a total of 240 -80 for each. It would help to see section breakdown- for example math 66, reading 54, writing 56. Also, really can't compare total score as SAT currently has two scored (math/verbal) sections and PSAT three sections.</p>
<p>So how many times should someone take the New SAT?</p>
<p>Yes Semper, I had to clarify, not actually 210 pts but the equivalent score. Sorry.</p>
<p>I think that a student should not take the SAT I more than three times at the most.
This might include the old SAT I once and the new twice. That is the general recommendation given in the past re: the old SAT I. One of my kids took it once and scored high; another took it three times and had an overall increase of 100 points
between winter of Jr year and Sr year fall.</p>