<p>ok so ive seen alot of kids saying that they have taken the sat like 4 or 5 times i thought that all colleges then averaged your score after the third time is that true??</p>
<p>what about if you took it 3 times but just to get a merit scholarship want to take it a fourth will the college still average it or take it if u did better?????????</p>
<p>Maybe colleges do...but wouldn't a college want high SAT scores so they could report it on USN, thus moving their ranks up?</p>
<p>it really depends on the college. I don't think they would average them for a scholarship, but I guess they could...</p>
<p>As many times as you want - some colleges will not consider scores after the 3rd attempt.</p>
<p>UCs and some other public schools dont care how many times you take it, all they want to see is the highest score. for private schools, taking it more than 3 times is pretty bad.</p>
<p>Actually practically all the private schools I talked to said that it doesn't matter how many times you take the SATs - what they look for is the general trend in your scores (up/down/stagnant). Of course, they also said that if you take the test say, 10 times, they'd start wondering why you have nothing better to do on your Saturdays =P</p>