<p>so i took the SATs for the 3rd time this past saturday and today i heard three things about taking the SAT for the 3rd time:</p>
<li>colleges will look at your highest scores of each section</li>
<li>colleges will begin to average your scores of each section b/c of taking the SATs a 3rd time</li>
<li>definitely don’t take the SATs for a 4th time</li>
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<p>what’s true and what’s false?</p>
<p>publics like UC's and probably U mich take one one sitting, but all other colleges take a composite score of just all ur best scores for either cr, math, and writing. and no sats for a 4th time is frowned upon, 3 is okay. rule of thumb is u get once chance to mess up bad, one chance to do okay, and one final chance to do well</p>
<p>Does that rule of thumb still apply if one or more tests were taken during your freshman or sophomore years? I have a friend who has been taking the SATs ever year since seventh, and will likely continue to do so until her senior year. I was planning to take them myself this March (I'm a sophomore), but not if I wouldn't be able to take it thrice more without looking... weird.</p>
<p>yes its always 3 no matter what grade you are in. if everyone took it like 5 times, the composite scores would mean much less. ur friend might have just screwed herself over</p>