<p>Apparently her school makes kids take the SATs 8 times, or until they get a 2100. I feel so bad for her! I can't believe that a prep school would even do that, because doesn't it look bad to take it more than 3 times?</p>
<p>Well, would the answer not be available to the prep school that “forces” the student to take the SAT 6 or 8 times? </p>
<p>For all we know, this school does understand that the number of tests is hardly relevant to admissions’s results. On a positive note, this might help kill the MYTH that there is a number of maximum tests one can take. All we have are undocumented anecdotes, off-the-cuff commentaries by traveling junior admissions’ officers, and a WHOLE lot of speculation by people who do not have clue. </p>
<p>The bottom line is that NOBODY gets a brownie for taking the SAT or ACT tests fewer times. Nor does anyone gets a few extra points! All that really matters is the HIGHEST score reached under the guidelines of the school, be it superscore or highest one time sitting. </p>
<p>Add the fact that, except for a handful of schools, Score Choice is widely available, and one has to realize how large that slice of baloney about maximum sittings has been served to students!</p>
<p>The SAT is impossible to study for. I can never get over a 1900 with a bunch of prep yet scored a 27 freshman ACT with no prep :/</p>
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<p>Meh. At least they’re forcing her to get into a better school.</p>
<p>On the contrary, searching through this forum and actually following some of the advice can make a score about 1900 quite possible if not likely.</p>
<p>I have teachers who claim the SAT is unstudyable. What a load of crap. By doing just a bit of prep my score went from a 1500 (admittedly that was 7th grade) to a 2120. Practice is so important and I presonally think that the more practice you have taking the test the better you’ll be at it.</p>
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<p>What your teachers probably try to express --without actually knowing it- is that students cannot study for the SAT because the teachers are incapable to teach it adequately. Teachers cannot teach it well because they do not truly understand what is tested, and probably because they would perform horribly on it. </p>
<p>Please remember that most HS teachers are generalists and not specialists. While there are exceptions, most teachers are also known to have performed very poorly on standardized tests. Just check the average GRE for education majors!</p>
<p>@ raiderade, I think teachers say that because the test measures critical thinking, so im guessing that they think that one really cant improve that.</p>
<p>Most educators and psychologists believe that reasoning is fixed and cannot be improved. That is completely false. With practice, your mind is highly adaptable to every task you expose to it.</p>
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<p>I barely touched 1000 on my first SAT haha</p>
<p>2000 to 2350 from grinding preparation. It’s very very VERY possible.</p>