I took the SAT 3 times, highest score is 1400.
My US History score is only 690, World History 720.
For someone looking at very selective schools and majoring in history, what should I do?
Is there any point AT ALL in taking the Jan. test? If so which should I take? SAT or SATII US History?
Thanks
<p>SAT2 US.</p>
<p>3 times for SATI is more than enough</p>
<p>Don't retake SAT 1--the score you've got is the score you've got.</p>
<p>If you are applying to very selective schools, be sure to see what SAT 2s they want you to take. Some schools HIGHLY recommend that you take the math and writing SAT 2s along with another of your choosing. </p>
<p>For some schools the Jan SAT sitting may be too late. Again, check the instructions for each school.</p>
<p>Pssssh.</p>
<p>Take it again. The old "you're screwed if you take it more than 3 times" urban myth needs to be put to rest.</p>
<p>Check out the Stanford board- a good handful of acceptees had taken it 4 times.</p>
<p>Or, heck, use me as a living example. I took mine 4 times (3rd time: 1370), got a 1470, and was accepted to duke.</p>
<p>If you can do better (i.e. 100 points or so), RETAKE.</p>
<p>I hate the notion that "you'll never get into your dream school" if you don't break 1450+ in less than 3 tries. If you want it, do whatever it takes to get it.</p>
<p>I already took Math and Writing. Got over 700 on both of them. So the only score that is kinda low is my SAT II US History at 690.</p>
<p>The thing that scares me is how many adcoms say, "If you take SAT more than three times, put it down as an EC!"</p>
<p>Does anyone else have anymore opinions? I could take the test Jan. and just not report it until I see my score. I know I can do better on either test. </p>
<p>This is a big dilemma for me. SAT 1 or SAT 2 US History?</p>
<p>thx</p>
<p>um...yeah, take the SAT 1...itz muy importante</p>
<p>I say take it as many times as you want. I looked back to my test history and saw i took SAT 1s each year of high school, and took it twice junior year for a total of 5 times. Even though I only got a decent score, it was good enough to get into Stanford. I dont even think that they look at how many times you take it. A person probably just puts the highest ones on a sheet and doesnt indicate how many times it was taken.</p>
<p>SAT I > SAT II. End of story.</p>
<p>For SAT IIs they will look only at 3 highest scores (history or not). Make sure you have some matches on your list of schools.</p>
<p>At UCs SAT II is more important that SAT I. Everywhere else, SAT I is the one you wanna ace.</p>
<p>I'm feeling like SATs don't even matter anymore. I did really well on all my tests and I still got deferred while people with much lower scores got in. Why take them again, it's just giving collegeboard more of your money.</p>