How many times is too many times?

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<p>For the SAT especially. Is three too many times? When do colleges start averaging them?</p>

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<p>i'd say 4+</p>

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<p>i'd say more than 3</p>

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<p>2048234230948230489320492384239042343 times</p>

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<p>no such thing as ''too many times'' if you can afford it.</p>

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<p>as the only one here who took it 12 times, I can hanestly say that 4 times is pushing it...</p>

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<p>^ 12 times? how is that even possible? did you take it every month it was offered?????</p>

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<p>yup! .</p>

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<p>Once you take it for the 3rd time they start to average the scores I heard. I would take it no more than 2 times. If you must, 3</p>

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<p>Quite frankly, one time is too many. But, considering the fact that SATs are necessary, I'd say three is the absolute limit.</p>

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<p>^ exactly...</p>

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<p>I think 2 is the highest someone should go. Screwing up once gives you an opportunity to improve, but screwing up twice reveals something about your study capabilities.</p>

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<p>id say three is a nice round number</p>

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<p>two was plenty for me but I always wonder about the third.</p>

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<p>um.....i'd say an average of 3 times. ( but 0 times would be nice)</p>

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<p>you'llsee..., what will i see?</p>

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<p>Three is not too many times. (Well, it would look crazy to retake after getting a 99+ percentile score on your composite score </p>

<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/SATPercentileRanksCompositeCR_M_W.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/SATPercentileRanksCompositeCR_M_W.pdf&lt;/a> </p>

<p>but why would you do that anyway?) </p>

<p>Colleges are very used to seeing multiple submissions of SAT scores these days. Lots of students take the SAT more than once. </p>

<p><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> </p>

<p>If you do take the SAT more than once, there isn't ANY college I have ever heard of with an announced policy of averaging scores. The routine policy proclaimed by nearly all colleges is to consider a student's best scores for admission, either sitting-by-sitting, or section-by-section (which some people call "superscoring"), as each college decides on a policy that it applies to all applicants. </p>

<p>If you'd like to know more about the consequences of retaking (or NOT retaking) the SAT, take a look at </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=4198038&postcount=1%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=4198038&postcount=1&lt;/a> </p>

<p>Good luck on your tests.</p>

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Once you take it for the 3rd time they start to average the scores I heard.

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<p>I would request evidence in writing before believing this statement. I have every reason to believe that NO college averages scores, and a Harvard representative has said, "You can take it ten times if you want" at a public meeting in May 2007. </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=4198038&postcount=1%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=4198038&postcount=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>This is just me, but if after the second try, your score is really high already, it becomes more and more difficult to get it higher...at least that is what I have heard. If you are at a 2300, and you want to raise it that extra 100 pts, the chances are actually against you than for you...it depends on whether or not you feel that you have put enough effort to bring it up a substantial amount and also if there is a significant amount of room for improvement. Colleges know that the different b/t a 2350 and 2400 is only 2 or 3 questions</p>

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<p>not everyone has a high score though</p>