<p>I'm a sophomore who has taken the SAT twice. First time was old SAT and I scored a 1110. Second time I score a 1790 (550 CR, 590 math, 650 writing). However I was very disappointed because I thought I was going to score 1900+. So I really want to take it again and score 1900+ just so I don't feel bad that I have a 1790. Should I do it? </p>
<p>I really want to take it but if I do, it will be my third time and than maybe I will end up taking it two more times before I get my 2200+ for a total of 5 times??</p>
<p>why are you taking your sat's so early? people ususally take them junior/senior year. if i were you i'd stop taking them now and prepare and plan to take them again junior year.</p>
<p>It's mainly because I want to score a 2200+ and I'm no way near that right now so I think if i take it many times, I might do better and better each time and thus achieve my goal.</p>
<p>but colleges usually dont want to see you taking the sats more than 3 times. i suggest that if uyou want practice you should go out and buy an sat book that has practice sat tests. the actual test is not good for practicing because 1. you do not get to see what you're having trouble with. 2. its a waste of money 3. colleges wont be impressed by a 2200 that took 5 testing times to achieve.
buy a practice book. they're usually as good as the real thing and most of them have 8-10 tests. they really should be very helpful. good luck!</p>
<p>the problem: I have already taken all the practice tests from all the books except PR which has 11 tests and KAPLAN BOOK OF 12 tests....but both of these book's practice tests don't seem relevant.</p>
<p>"but colleges usually dont want to see you taking the sats more than 3 times" Any credible evidence or source to back that up?</p>
<p>Gameguy88, did you try looking over your answers in the practice book (The Offical SAT Study Guide or the online course) to see why they're wrong?</p>
<p>to [Graceful_Spirit] : The credible evidence would be logic, Colleges will find it odd as to why a person would take the SAT so many times as a person who seriously preps for the SAT is sure to get a score that matches his capability in 2-3 tries. Taking it more than 2-3 times will have a negative impact if the person doesn't get a really high score compared to his last few tries.</p>
<p>harvard did accept a girl who took the SAT five times before getting a 1600. but that was a perfect score, and that was the old SAT. i guess the circumstances are a bit different now.</p>
<p>Lakshya M, I said evidence. I don't really accept your logic as "evidence," unless, of course, you work at the admissions office?</p>
<p>Many posts in this forum, a few from highly reputable posters like Xiggi, and I'm sure I've spotted a few posts from people who work in the admissions office, said that the number of times you take the SAT does not matter. Also, it was said that most colleges only look at your highest score on each section.</p>
<p>Now that I think about it, I sort of disagree with this statement: who seriously preps for the SAT is sure to get a score that matches his capability in 2-3 tries</p>
<p>There are always people who seriously prep for something, just to find out that they've been studying wrong, or find that methods employed are ineffective to them. I personally think that, in this case, if gameguy88 keeps making gradual, yet significant, increases to his score, the colleges will overlook his lower scores (since after all, many has said to only look at your highest score). Reaching the goal of 2200+ from a current 1790 is "a really high score compared to his last few tries."</p>
<p>But hey, I don't work at admissions, so I can't really say.</p>
<p>[Graceful_Spirit] : If someone is making "gradual yet significant increases to his score" by taking the SAT 5 or more times all I can say is that the person has never heard of practice tests. People must realise that the real SATs are not meant to be taken as practice tests. Again, you might want to refute this and by all mean do as it will only give give others more clarity on this subject.</p>
<p>Actually I have heard of practice tests very well but the problem is that I've already used up all the practice tests.....so kinda hard to practice anymore.</p>
<p>so [Graceful_Spirit],"credible source", and btw ur link wasnt really evidence unless godot is an admissions officer or someone w/ specific inside knowledge.</p>
<h2>Practice tests for them? "Some eighth and ninth graders just want to see what its like, so they experiment with it."</h2>
<p>Believe it or not, there are people out there that didn't/doesn't know about SAT practice tests. They think of the SAT's as just another standardized test until it's too late, and then they learn the importance of it. I've met quite a few of them, actually. I think that has something to do with the fact that many students have never dealt with the College Board before, and therefore, aren't as knowledgeable as the rest of us (about the books they release).</p>
<p>And then again, there are chances that someone who preps seriously would know about practice tests, and still find that methods being taught/coached are ineffective to them... like some people in the Kaplan and Princeton Review courses? (I've heard so many bad things about those companies' SAT classes, some from former teachers and some from students)</p>
<p>As for Godot, he's an SAT tutor, and I assume that he has knowledge, but not necessarily "specific inside knowledge," about the admissions process.</p>
<p>And nowhere in that link does it say that it taking it more than three times hurts you in the admissions process. Anything relating to detrimental effects of taking the SAT multiple times is in the scholarships part, which is information you get after you get accepted into a college (not talking about outside scholarships, of course).</p>
<p>I also wonder if the writer of that page will alter his/her advice, since that article is really old and was written before the new SAT's were released.</p>
<p>As for the practice tests... if you are willing to spend about $70, you can try to subscribe to the SAT online course. They have six more tests released.</p>
<p>I suggest that not only you take the tests, but learn why the answers are right or wrong. The SAT online course offers explanations to the practice tests in the course and the blue book.</p>