<p>Hi, I'm curious as to whether it would be worthwhile to take the March SAT as a senior in high school. Because I believe I can improve my scores quite a bit (probably adding around 100-200 points to my total score), I'm wondering if I could send the result in after I'm admitted to improve my financial aid package. Would the colleges reevaluate?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your insight & help!</p>
<p>It would really depend on the school, their policies, and individual scholarships. At my daughter’s school they had some scholarships that were very limited in number and some that were automatic based on ACT/SAT scores. We asked the school if she could become eligible for a particular ACT related scholarship if she got the score, and they said she would be. She retook it a couple of times and on the last possible take where she would be eligible got the needed score. It was a much higher scholarship than her original one (full tuition plus a cash amount, compared to partial tuition), so in her case it was well worth the effort. But check with your school to see what their policy is.</p>
<p>At all of the schools my son applied to the Dec test was the last one you could take to have the scores applied to automatic scholarships. So definetly check with the schools.</p>
<p>I know that at some of the state schools that give full rides to NMFs and other various levels of merit scholarships that depend on SAT or ACT scores, that you could take the ACT up until April and still have it count for scholarship eligibility.</p>
<p>3rd the recommendation to check with the schools! It may be on their websites, otherwise call or email.</p>
<p>My daughter actually took her ACT the final time after she had already graduated high school. Early June I think (it is a while back). I think that was the last testing date she could have qualified for the scholarship she ended up getting.</p>
<p>She was a little peeved at me at the time (yes, i was beeing a naggy pushy Mom). But it did not take her long once she entered the real world to appreciate the value of that several thousand extra dollars a year being in scholarship money rather than loans.</p>
<p>If you are talking about strict FA then no. For merit aid maybe depending on the school.</p>
<p>National Merit is limited to those taking the PSAT test in the fall of the junior year.
I agree with all other posters on directly checking with the college in mind. It may be that at this late date you are better off spending your time dog walking or kid minding to land extra bucks. </p>
<p>Watch out for the tepid response of “We encourage all our students to test well”. Duh. Of course they love it when you arrive with high scores in your pocket. What you want is a specific “you get $1K off for a score of XXXX”.</p>