<p>OK, this is admittedly a nice quandary to have but wondering whether my son should take SATs again, having gotten a 1510 (or 2310 including writing). I've heard that some colleges look at kids who take SAT just once as 'slackers.' That sounds crazy but anyone have any experience/thoughts?
porsche</p>
<p>or wouldnt they regard those who do well the first time "well-prepared"? a slacker would be a student who takes the SAT 10 times before they get a decent score</p>
<p>Porsche, no way would I recommend taking the test again. A 2310 is out of this world good. Have your son move on to more important and interesting things...like applications and keeping his grades up this year...and having some FUN.</p>
<p>No school is going to look at him as a slacker for not taking the test again. They may, on the other hand, think he's a little uptight trying to improve a score that's already insanely good.</p>
<p>I have not heard anyone claim that persons who report only one SAT score, and that one a high score, are slackers. That score is sufficient to be competitive at any college, and hard to improve upon (because the most likely direction for a score to go in is DOWN if the score is already that high). </p>
<p>The way for a student to show that the student is not a slacker is to engage in other challenging activities. To the best of my knowledge, the usual reason why students with really high scores (whether after one sitting of the test, or four) don't get into really selective colleges is that their high school courses and grades (possibly) or their extracurricular activities (especially) just aren't up to the standard of a typical admitted applicant at those colleges. I think I recently posted, in some thread somewhere, the general advice to stop taking standardized tests once you reach your target score. I definitely have recently advised young people worrying about tests not to neglect the other aspects of their application, and that would be my advice to anyone who already has a 2310 in hand.</p>