<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I took SAT I twice in my junior year and basically bombed it, so I took another/last one in Oct 2006, so that makes it 3 times for SAT I</p>
<p>As for SAT IIs I took US History and Math II C in December and did poorly so plan to take another SAT IIs(Physics,US History, Math IIc) on Jan 2007.</p>
<p>Will this be frowned upon? or negativley affect my chance?
Will they still consider the highest scores?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>According to the Harvard web site, they strongly believe that taking the SAT more than two times offers "diminishing results". Statistically I believe that doing the SAT more than twice does negatively reflect upon your application.</p>
<p>But they will consider your highest scores still, but not to the same extent as if you had received these scores on your first or second sitting of the test.</p>
<p>no. 3 times is fine. 4 is bad</p>
<p>I didn't take their message that way; I thought it was just a warning to students wanting to take the SAT a billion times. I hope it doesn't mean that they frown upon 3-time takers!</p>
<p>Don't worry about it. Harvard admission officers are well aware that anyone can have a bad day (that's just the phrasing that one used in a public meeting in my town) and that students gain ability as they grow from junior to senior year. A LOT of SAT I and SAT II tests would look like you have nothing better to do with your Saturday mornings, but a retake here and there is quite routine in the applicant pool of most of the most selective colleges.</p>
<p>dont worry about it i took it three times and all three werent exceptionally high and one was just not that good...but i still got in.</p>
<p>I'd suggest you don't take it more than 3 times</p>
<p>I've taken it since seventh grade. My counselor signed me up through some agency. Haha, 7 or 8 times. Dont' worry too much. Test scores are only a small part of the picture. Colleges know that you can mess up one and do well on another. There are also AP scores, ACT, etc.</p>
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<p>How many previous scores for the SAT show up on your score report? Have you viewed your score report online?</p>
<p>The latest six tests for each of the SAT Is and SAT IIs show on the report.</p>
<p>Does anyone have an example, </p>
<p>a) for the OP, of a student who has four or more previous SAT I tests on the score report and got into Harvard? The OP is worried about how much is too much. </p>
<p>a) for me, of a student who has scores from seventh or eighth grade on the official record of scores? I have seen CC threads that say scores from eighth grade and earlier vanish by default, and also have read of instances of parents being taken totally by surprise by that. I'm still investigating what's involved in ensuring that scores from earlier grades stay on a student's permanent record of scores. </p>
<p>Thanks for any examples or other information.</p>
<p>Does taking the SAT/SAT IIs only once look better than taking them multiple times.</p>
<p>I took the SAT I once and I got the score I wanted. I am planning on spending only one test session for my SAT II subject tests.</p>
<p>No Director. Not really. Of course, one compared to 4 is definitely a plus, but compared to someone who took it twice, it's basically the same thing.</p>
<p>b) scores 5 years or older are deleted...why do you need them token?</p>
<p>I'm checking what the deletion rule actually is. It's not stated on the College Board Web site, and I have heard many different statements about what the deletion rule is, and how it operates. Your statement is new to me.</p>
<p>I took it four times - once in 9th, once in 10th, and twice in 11th</p>
<p>I didn't even know it was frowned upon to do so - I just did it because some kid at my school urged me to (d@mn, why did I ever take his advice!)</p>
<p>Tokenadult,
Once in ninth, once in 10th, twice in 11th, and another in 12th. So five. My final two were very close 2240 and 2260, so it doesn't hurt your prospects once they see approx where you are by you senior year. The two from seventh and eigth did not appear.</p>
<p>Neutral you're fine. You obviously took old and new tests, and so in reality you only took it twice, the two times in 11th grade, earlier didn't really count much.</p>
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The two from seventh and eighth did not appear.
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<p>That's what I was trying to get a reality check on, so thanks for the info. My CURRENT understanding (subject to change if I get more information, which I welcome) is that scores are automatically "purged" if they belong to a seventh- or eighth-grader, at the end of each school year, even if the student likes the scores and EVEN IF THE SCORE IS ON AN SAT II TEST--which seems crazy. I have heard that there is a channel through which parents can request that eighth-grade-or-below scores can stay on a child's record of scores, but I've heard of least two cases in which the scores were purged before the parent had opportunity to act to make that happen, and I have no idea what the correct procedure would be. </p>
<p>Are there cases of successful Harvard admittees applying with scores from seventh or eighth grade on the SAT score reports? Or does everyone mostly let the middle school SAT scores get purged, and just do a retake later? </p>
<p>See </p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=40823%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=40823</a> </p>
<p>and </p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=78732%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=78732</a> </p>
<p>for background information. </p>
<p>Best wishes to the OP and to the participants who are providing more information to him or to me.</p>