<p>In January, I received a 2250, and I think I can break 2300 in June. I'm only in 8th grade, and I was thinking about leaving my scores on my college report instead of having them deleted.
I'm not a troll, you can check my posts. I'm not a genius or anything, although I like to think I'm smart. I'm just really good at standardized tests.
So what do you think? Should I delete my scores, or should I keep them on? What advice do you have?</p>
<p>I think all scores under age 12 or so get cancelled eventually. At this point, it probably doesn’t matter too much.
But, I would avoid retaking several times. Unless you are aiming at JHU’s SET , I can’t think of a good reason to bother retaking.
My child took the SAT in 6th grade, then not again until 11th and things were fine. Anther kid we know took them in 6th, then again shortly thereafter, then twice in 11th and did fine.</p>
<p>You can request for them not to be removed from your record… but yes scores under age 12 to get removed eventually…</p>
<p>I am a junior and amazed at the 2250… I currently have a 2210 superscore but I think I have the potential to do much better if I eliminate careless mistakes.</p>
<p>So yes, I would recommend you keep the 2250 on your record. It will show colleges your adeptness at the SATs at such a young age.</p>
<p>You’re likely to improve your score. But I would keep this one on your score report. Who knows, you could be sick the next time you take the SAT. Or the test center could be snowed in…
Or…</p>
<p>(that’s how I rationalized it when I kept my daughter’s 8th grade score on her record-- insurance.)</p>
<p>Thanks for all of your advice. I wanted to know if it could hurt or help. My parents, being typical Asian parents, thinks that keeping a 2250 could hurt me. I’m probably going to keep the scores.</p>
<p>Why are you taking it again in June?</p>
<p>I actually think its fun :).</p>
<p>You have to contact Collegeboard and specifically request for them to keep your score, otherwise it will be taken off the record in June (next month).</p>
<p>Keep the score, you will find it may be very helpful in various applications you do prior to college apps. The score will not hurt you in any way.</p>
<p>CB will drop the scores you take before high school. You should have no problem beating that score your junior year. Keep on practicing.</p>
<p>As others have said, you can easily improve as time passes. I scored similarly in 8th grade (2200-2300) and elected to not keep my score. I ended up scoring 2400 on my first try in high school. Sure you may have a 2250 now and a 2300 in June, but it’s only going to increase from there. Start with a blank slate and take it sophomore year or so (roughly) when you feel confident about a 2400.</p>
<p>Since you are, as you indicate, from a typical Asian family, I would venture to say you will get a 2400 since your parents expect it and you think taking the SAT I is fun. 
I would think there’s no reason to keep your score now. OTOH, if you think you might go to college early and you would use that score, then keep it. </p>
<p>My son took the SAT I in 7th grade to qualify for SET. He took it again in 8th grade for the CTY/Johns Hopkins Talent Search awards (or whatever that’s called). He kept both scores because he was considering graduating 3 years early (he changed his mind and will not be graduating early) and his SAT I, 2120, and SAT IIs 800 and 760, were good enough to qualify him for admittance by tests into the local UC school which is where he would have gone. </p>
<p>He took it for the last time this past fall as a junior but the other scores are still on his record. I don’t think they will hurt him since they were before high school but I can’t say 100% that what I think is true.</p>
<p>In your case, unless you think you’ll graduate early, there’s no need to keep the score.</p>
<p>HTH!</p>
<p>If you don’t keep it, at least make sure you get a formal copy of the score report before it is deleted (so, call them very soon, like this week). If you took the test through a talent search, you may or may not have that (some just send a copy in the talent search format). One of my kids had comparable scores, and it turned out we wanted a formal score report for something she was applying to before she took the SAT again in high school. Would have been nice to have that in hand. We were able to get by with a copy of the talent score report in the end, but it was a little nerve wracking.</p>