How many SATI retakes can you take during your senior year?

Test Preparation
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<p>After looking at my scores:
660m
540cr
490w
-1690 ughhhh. On pratice test i was averaging 1900-2050.</p>

<p>I was wondering, how many times and when can you take your SATI's your senior year, before you apply to college. I'm hoping to take my sat, two more times during my senior year. I was wondering if that is possible. And if it matters, Im applying to UCB, UCSD, UCLA, Yale, Darthmouth, and Oxford for Biology/BioChem.</p>

<p><em>Side Note</em>
-I have a UC GPA of 4.35 and a unweighted GPA of 3.98
-Play varisty tennis
-Also, during this summer I got accepted to the UCSF Biomedical Research Internship Program, so that should help my EC's.</p>

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<p>well ur GPA is high and your sat scores are low for Yale, Darmouth, and Oxford
Im not sure about the other colleges....i heard you need at least 1200 on the old scale, and 1300 for UCSD or something, and 1400 for UCI
I think you should retake it
u have an excellent GPA, so you should be able to do a lot better
good luck!</p>

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<p>ya.. i should be able to do alot better, but im not that good when it comes to standardized tests. Do you happen to know if i can take two SAT's in my senior year and still meet the application deadline?</p>

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<p>Are you applying ED/EA anywhere?</p>

<p>I know the October test date generally gets your scores back in time for ED, and if you're applying RD, the December test date gives you time for that. So if you're applying RD, you've got at least 2 shots left.</p>

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<p>Sorry to bug, but what does RD mean? I know EA mean early admissions, but what is RD/ED?: and do any of these help your chance to get in?</p>

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<p>ED = Early Decision - you apply in the fall and hear back in December. This one is binding (meaning if you get accepted you have to go there), used by schools like Northwestern, WashU, Rice, UChicago, and many other schools. At certain schools, applying ED will give a boost to your application because it shows your commitment to that school.</p>

<p>EA = Early Action - essentially the same was ED only it's not binding. Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and a few others use EA instead of ED. The boost received from EA is small, maybe even nonexistant, because so many people do it. </p>

<p>RD = Regular Decision - the large majority of applications come in this round. This is the traditional college application, turned in usually in early to mid January. It doesn't give you any kind of boost; RD is usually the benchmark against which the other application processes are measured against.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the information. I was wondering, i was looking at this website,<a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/dates_deadlines.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/dates_deadlines.html&lt;/a> and it shows that Nov. 1-31 is when applications are due. Can someone clarify this?</p>

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<p>Wait.. so technically.. how many times can you take the test over your senior year?</p>

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<p>Many colleges don't care HOW many times you take the SATs. Check with the colleges you're considering to be certain. (That's what I did for my D.)</p>

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<p>Is it possible to take two sat's in your senior year if you are applying to UCB, UCLA, or UCSD?</p>

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<p>You could potentially take both the Oct and Nov tests. The Nov scores would probably get reported by end of that month.</p>