I understand that I took them a lot more times than the average student. Will this amount of SATs affect the judgement of the Universities? Thankfully my scores have always been climbing! 
Darude
No, they take the highest score.
Congratulation on the 2330!
That’s amazing! Can I ask how you worked your way up that high? What study techniques/resources did you use?
As for being worried about your tests, you don’t have to send in all your SAT scores to most schools. You can utilize score choice. They don’t even have to see anything but the 2330.
How would you look at you? Plus, who’s gonna know? Unless you plan to apply at a school that wants all scores. Then a 250 point jump may stand out.
Five times. Just wow.
That’s amazing!
I’ve never heard of anyone taking SATs so many times, haha. How did you improve so much?
@newjerseygirl98 basically stopped screwing around and got myself to actually study haha
I am not an admissions counselor. Please consider that. I have read that for schools that want to see all scores, taking the SAT excessively could hurt an applicant. Is 5 times excessive? IDK. But it is a lot.
Why? Because you are being compared to those applicants that could not afford to test 5 times or have the tutoring necessary to help increase their score. It also hints at a student who is vying for a top school and has a lot of resources to accomplish this at whatever cost.
Please understand that I have read this only about those schools that will consider the lower scores and these are the very very selective schools. Like Stanford.
It took a lot of hard work and congrats. Good luck.
This is a common belief, but it’s false.
Nicely done, OP!
I don’t think it’s false for all schools. I cannot unfortunately cite sources but if you research it, this will come up. That’s why it’s usually recommended that if you are going to take the SAT again, study hard and put forth your best effort. Again, this is for only the most selective schools with this policy. Otherwise, of course only the top scores are considered.
Basically, these schools do not want to put a student who could not take the SAT five times at a disadvantage compared to the student who was able to afford it.
I have read that Stanford and Yale may have this policy for such a purpose as the above.
Why demand to see all scores? Why not just superscore ?
^ Sorry. Meant to say- accept Score Choice.
Some universities require that you send all your scores, others do not. For example, Penn and Yale require all tests be sent. Columbia, Michigan and Northwestern do not. Universities that see all five scores may not be impressed. Schools that only receive your 2330 will obviously not know that you took it 5 times.
My son’s counsellor has been asked by admissions officers to explain why some of his students took SAT more that 3 times. The general advice from him is not more than 2 times.
Common App does ask for dates on which you’ve taken the SAT (and for dates of each component score you’re using). So either you lie by omission or schools do know you took it multiple times.
I disagree. I think schools just want to see scores that show an applicant can do well. Families who can only afford to pay for one or two sittings would be more prudent to let their children test only when they’re ready to put forth their best effort, but I don’t believe adcoms are going to make allowances on the supposition that they didn’t.
I don’t believe any college looks at the income of applicants’ families and discounts the scores and ECs of those with higher incomes. In most cases, the higher income families had years of better options – schools, tutors, travel opportunities, ECs – but their children aren’t docked at admission time to even things out for low income families. I do, however, believe that the applications of low income families are looked at in context. How well they made use of the resources they did have is what matters.
In any case, OP, congratulations on such great scores. Well done.
I agree with what Alexandre has written in post #12.
Alexandre is correct and exacademic has given incomplete advice. The Common App does not require that you report any scores - you are asked if you want to report any test scores. Choosing not to report scores is a perfect viable option and is not an omission.