<p>Do colleges look down upon you taking the SAT multiple times? I am entering my sophomore year in high school and am planning to take 2 SAT's in the winter of 2015, and 1 new SAT in spring 2016. Do you think this would be ok if I want to get into an Ivy league college?</p>
<p>You shouldn’t take the SAT as a sophomore. That’s a wasted exam unless you have taken multiple practice exams and have been very successful. Don’t take it more than 3 times. If you want to give yourself enough time to study in between, take it early junior year, may of junior year, and October of senior year. OR take it three times over the course of junior year</p>
<p>Im not taking it sophomore year. I’m planning to take it October junior year, January Junior Year, and May Junior Year</p>
<p>@AnnieBeats Don’t bother. I think you’re the only person I’ve seen on these forums who agrees in the value of taking it senior fall and not rushing to get it out of the way. </p>
<p>@dubnation I don’t see the purpose of taking it October unless you are convinced you know every topic on the test before October. People tend to learn more vocabulary naturally over time and more fluency and speed with math, in addition to tricks from higher level math classes that can be applied to lower level math topics. Moreover, people tend to pick up over time more examples from English and History classes, in addition to life in general, for the essay. Better off just take more practice tests on your own rather than an actual test in October unless you are convinced you are already in the 2200-2400 range for October. Otherwise, wait until January or March for the first one. </p>
<p>You should be ready to get the highest score possible the first time you take the SAT, otherwise it is a waste of time and money. If you want practice, there is always practice tests that you can take. You shouldn’t plan on taking it three times. You should plan on getting a good score the first time, and only use the time you have left as “backups” in case you didn’t do well the first one. Trust me, the more times you take it the more motivation you will lose if you didn’t end up doing as well as you thought you did. So if you think you are not ready, take it later. Otherwise, plan to do your best the first time</p>
<p>Personally, I say whichever comes first: 3 times or until you’re happy with your score. Once you have 2200+ or so, your test is pretty much viewed the same as all of the ones above it (for top colleges and universities). I definitely recommend taking it more than once, though. I took it once and got an okay score, and took it again minus the nerves and got almost 300 points higher. It helps to have experience taking an actual test, not just practice tests.</p>
<p>Coming from someone who took the SAT in May, I can tell you that it is not fun studying for the SAT and AP tests at the same time. Most people overlook that, so just thought I’d let you know. You might want to consider skipping the May SAT and taking it only twice.</p>
<p>Ivy’s require u to send ALL the SAT scores, not just your best one. So don’t take the test if u are not well prepared. </p>
<p>I suggest u just take your PSAT in fall of Junior year, then take SAT as many times thereafter as minimally needed. </p>
<p>Well in Winter 2015, OP, you will be a sophomore. If you take two in the winter of 2015, you would be a sophomore.</p>
<p>@AnnieBeats No, I will be a sophomore this winter. </p>
<p>And everyone else, the reason I am planning to do this is so I can take both the new SAT and the old SAT. Do you think it would be ok just to take the old sat though or should I take both?</p>
<p>This winter will be the winter of 2014-2015. What are you saying?</p>
<p>Exactly…</p>
<p>I will be a sophomore this year in December 2014 aka winter 2014. </p>
<p>Winter goes through March….</p>