<p>Okay, I'm currently a junior in high school and I've taken the sat 1 once and got a 1370, I'm retaking it next week hoping to get above a 1400. I'm also planning on taking the new sat in the spring. So my question is... Can I only take the new sat once because it's frowned upon to take the sat more than 3 times? I just reallized this today, because I never thought about the new sat when registering to retake the old one. I really don't want to be stuck with a bad score on the new one if that's what I get. Will colleges consider the new and the old separate test or will I only be able to take it three times between the two of them? I really need some reaasurance because my guidance counselor is no help so I don't even bother with him. Thanks...</p>
<p>Some schools will consider either test, some will take the best score of each. The UC's will only accept the new test. Check individual college websites you might be thinking of.</p>
<p>Thanks bluebayou. that answers part of my question... I'm also worried that if I take the old sat twice, it means I can only take the new sat once, because if i were to ever retake the new sat, I would have taken the sat's 4 times, which you are not supposed to do. So, is that true or will the two tests be seen as separate entities? Anyone?</p>
<p>jmarsh, I was in the same boat. I was furious, since I probably get a 1300 on my SAT, but I had to cancel it because I wasn't sure if would hurt me if it got counted 4 times. We really got ripped off as Juniors with this whole new SAT thing.</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry about retaking the SAT now. Here's why: 1370 is decent, but it will be easier, in my opinion, to score higher on the new SAT for each section. Hopefully you scored a lot higher in M or V to get like 750 on one and 620 on the other for your first time, because then you can focus on one area for the new test. A lot of colleges will take the best combination of the two tests, so i would say take the new one twice maybe.</p>
<p>jmarsh, please relax and do what you think is best for you. Some schools say they frown on too many sittings of the SAT. My advice is to ignore that. The day one school was quoted in the papers as frowning on more than three sittings, I asked one of the school's area reps and this area rep said to just ignore that comment. Your area rep shapes how your file is presented to the committee. Try and get to know your area rep and your app will be treading on surer footing.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks everyone... is it possible to not take test next saturday and still get my money back? Probably not, but I can check. If not i'll just take it and if I feel like I didn't improve all that much I'll just cancel the scores. Thanks again everyone...</p>
<p>You will not get your money back, but I think some of what you paid can be applied to a future test. Maybe.</p>
<p>So u can cancel your scores even weeks after you took an SAT? I have the same problem. I took the SAT in November and got a 1360. I know I can do better because I took practice exams and scored over 1500 on all of them (no kidding). I think I'm retaking the SAT in January but then again, i'm a junior so I have to take the New SAT regardless...</p>
<p>I'm just going to call the collegeboard people and tell them I won't be taking it. I don't really think I would do that much better anyway, my scores were 660v 710m, so I guess if I focus heavvily on verbal I can get that to be higher, so it's best to wait until the spring, when I would have more time to prepare. Thanks for all the help everyone</p>
<p>Okay, I just went to the college board website, and it says the dadline for making chranges to your test is the wednesday that is two and a half weeks prior to the test or something like that. So if I can't cancel my registratioon, does that mean I should just go take the test and if I don't think i did well, just cancel my scores? That seems like the only option right now... Any advice?</p>
<p>im taking 3 old tests and one new one .. is that bad?</p>
<p>that's horrible</p>
<p>no it depends on watcha got on 'em</p>