<p>...take the SAT's once, usually? What about SAT II's? </p>
<p>I've heard a lot of mixed opinions on how retakes affect admissions chances, so if anyone can clear this up, do you know anyone, or did anyone get accepted even with one, even two retakes?</p>
<p>Daughter took SAT twice and took one of her SAT IIs twice. Didn't take anything three times. Got accepted.</p>
<p>I took the SAT (and ACT) twice and I got in. It doesn't matter if you take it once, twice, or three times. Any more than three, though, and colleges will notice.</p>
<p>Most applicants have retakes. Harvard gives you the benefit of your highest score from each test subsection, whenever it was taken. But of course it gives all the other applicants the benefit of THEIR highest scores, so the scores of your competitors will mostly be pretty high, higher than you'd expect from single-sitting scores.</p>
<p>I did the whole EA thing--I took the SAT once and the SAT IIs once. However, I did not take the SATs until June before my senior year and the SAT IIs until October of senior year, so yes, that was a risk. But I think this is the key: People get so caught up with taking the SATs early that they don't prepare adequately. I think it is better to take the SATs late with the risk of having a bad day than taking them early before you are completely confident of the material.</p>
<p>I took the SATI three times and GOT IN!!!</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, what were your scores (for those of you who took it multiple times)?</p>
<p>My son took SAT I's and all II's once each; SAT I's in October of junior year, (back to back with PSAT's) doing prep work in August before; II's one at a time at end of soph and during jr year, prepping well before each one. Admitted EA.</p>
<p>My S (who graduated early) took SAT and SAT IIs once. One SAT-II at end of one course in freshman year, SAT in March of sophomore year and two more SAT-IIs in June of sophomore year. He also took PSAT in October of sophomore year. He prepped for perhaps a week or two for SAT, and a couple of days for SAT-II Writing. He was happy with his scores although they were not perfect and did not feel the need to retake. Admitted EA.</p>
<p>"It doesn't matter if you take it once, twice, or three times. Any more than three, though, and colleges will notice."</p>
<p>Can anyone back this up with real evidence?</p>
<p>Took SAT I thrice, SAT II's once.</p>