How Many Times Did You Take the SAT?

Test Preparation
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<p>No doubt there are many CC members who earned spectacular SAT scores in a single sitting. Most students these days, however, seem to take the SAT multiple times in order to rack up the highest "superscore" possible. </p>

<p>I thought it might be interesting to see how many times CC posters took the SAT. I am interested in responses from the current generation of high school/college students only. Many of us parents are of an age where it was one and done, and I would prefer not to skew the sampling with "outdated" information.</p>

<p>Simple format. First column is the number of times you took the SAT, column two is the number of responders who indicated that this was the number of times they took the test. I'll start my daughter's (hs senior) info:</p>

<h1>of SAT I sittings Number of Responding Students</h1>

<p>1 0
2 1
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0</p>

<p>If anyone took the SAT I 7 or more times just add another line.</p>

2

<p>1 0
2 2
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0</p>

3

<p>1 1
2 2
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0</p>

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<p>They have this data on the collegeboard website. Search "collegeboard sat data" on google, you'll definitely find it. the general trend is that scores improve your second try and then decrease after that.</p>

<p>the SAT really does judge innate intelligence.. if you want to improve in multiple sittings, try the ACT</p>

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<p>4390116 -- Thanks. I'll take a look at the collegeboard site. I don't think CB's data will necessarily correspond with the College Board's however. CB collects data from all students who take the test. The CC crowd is a different breed. CCers are more likely to be seeling admission to the nation's most competitive colleges and universities and so, I would hypothecize, are more likely to take the test(s) multiple times in order to give themselves the best shot at admission to their dream school. It seems far less likely that students seeking admission to Southwest Central State College will take the test more than once if they hit the threshold to admission on their first sitting. Of course, I could be wrong.</p>

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<p>4390...I disagree. s took it three times. the first two were the exact same score but in different sections, but the third time much much better. his best f took it twice, second time up 100 pts. d took once then act once and act was a much better score. the one thing in common, lack of stress the last time. Each had already gotten a good score and wanted to improve it. I think if you are taking it because you have to, it puts a stress on you but if you just want to try and do better without worry, you relax and do much better. They all thought the last time was the worse score and were shocked at the improvement.</p>

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<p>4390116: According to CollegeBoard's data, it looks like scores increase with every retake: <a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/AverageScores.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/AverageScores.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>My child, who is a second year college student, took the SATs twice. The main reason was that she had a really high verbal score, but a mediocre math score the first time. The second time was a complete flip flop. She got a really high math score and a mediocre verbal score. Go figure. Anyway, her first choice college superscored, so she got a break.</p>

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<p>1-2
2-2
3-0
4-0
5-0
6-0</p>

10

<p>1-3
2-2
3-0
4-0
5-0
6-0</p>

11

<p>1-4
2-2
3-0
4-0
5-0
6-0</p>

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<p>i only took once...failed miserably and then switched to the ACT lol</p>

<p>1-5
2-2
3-0
4-0
5-0
6-0</p>

13

<p>1-5
2-3
3-0
4-0
5-0
6-0</p>

14

<p>1-6
2-3
3-0
4-0
5-0
6-0</p>

<p>I was going to take it a second time, but I slept through it.</p>

15

<p>1-6
2-3
3-0
4-1
5-0
6-0</p>

16

<p>1-7
2-3
3-0
4-1
5-0
6-0</p>

17

<p>1-7
2-3
3-1
4-1
5-0
6-0</p>

<p>took 3 times but didn't help at all</p>

18

<p>1-8
2-3
3-1
4-1
5-0
6-0</p>

19

<p>1-8
2-4
3-1
4-1
5-0
6-0</p>

20

<p>1-8
2-5
3-1
4-1
5-0
6-0</p>