<p>I've taken the sat's in January and got an 1830 (1310 M + CR), and am planning to take it in June. I was wondering if any colleges would not like it if i take it again in september/october. I know that taking it over three times isn't good, but is even taking it three times to my disadvantage? I will be applying to state colleges, and private institutions, such as SUNYs, UCs, and some private colleges (UIUC, cornell, etc..)</p>
<p>Also, I am going to take the SAT IIs in May. I am going to take the Physics, Math II, and USH exams. I was wondering what is a good range of scores for these exams, (looking to enter college as an engineering major.) and if I retake the SAT IIs, will I have to send both scores, or the best of the two?</p>
<p>Finally, I was wondering if i take the ACT, if i should send both scores if they are similar. If one is significantly higher, than obviously it would be to my advantage to send that one, but if they are similar, should I send both scores?</p>
<p>As a general rule taking it a third time will not be held against you. Harvard and Yale have mentioned that they do not believe taking it more than twice is a fruitful exercise but neither says doing so will be considered against you. </p>
<p>Also, you have to check the colleges’ rules because majority do not require you to send all scores so you do not have to provide low scores to them. However, a minority do require you to provide all scores.</p>
<p>As to SAT IIs what you need depends on college. For example for Cornell, you really need in the 700s and as high in the 700s as possible. For UIUC, you can get all 200s for all it cares because it does not use SAT IIs for admission (even if you send them, those who make decisons will not even know you did so because scores are not included in file those persons see). The SUNYs also do not use them except that Binghamton, which does not require them, will give them some consideration if sent, and you can likely be below 700 for it. UCs also do not require them but some recommend them particularly for engineering and you will need higher for Berkeley and UCLA than the others. As to sending all scores, you again need to check the rules of each college. A minority, including Cornell, requires that you send all scores including SAT IIs, but even many that require SAT IIs do not require all scores. Moreover, some, like Stanford, that require all SAT scores allow you to send whatever SAT IIs you choose to send. In other words, you have to check each college to determine if it requires all scores, and you have to read its actual rules to determine what the heck it means by “all scores” because the meaning of that term differs among the “all scores” colleges.</p>
<p>If ACT and SAT are in similar range to each other, you should send both because school will choose the one it believes is higher in making admission decision. Also, as mentioned above, you need to check each college’s rules because you may have to provide both scores because the school requires it.</p>