<p>I heard if you increase your SAT I score by more than like 300, CB will accuse u of cheating and make u retake the test.
Is this true?</p>
<p>if that is true then that is g*y. I think I increased the sat score from today by at least 300-400 points from the march sat.</p>
<p>that is the stupidest rumor ever. NO</p>
<p>no, but it is possible that colleges will think it suspicious if you increase it by like 500</p>
<p>Well, yes they might hold your test if they suspect too much of a point increase, doesn't mean they'll accuse you of actual cheating, but scores are sometimes held back from the release of the others. Here is quote from college board on delayed scores:</p>
<p>Scores may be released later for reasons that include a late receipt of answer sheets, missing information on your answer sheet or information that is inconsistent with your registration information, or other uncommon conditions that flag your test for more attention. Also, if you took a make-up test later than the actual test day, your scores will be released later</p>
<p>On the old SAT, I believe one condition for "flagging" a score was an increase of 350 points or more combined (out of 1600) from a previous official score. ETS probably does something similar for the new SAT (say, an increase of 200+ points in an individual section or an increase of 500+ points in the composite score might cause a student's score to be flagged). Flagging, of course, does not always lead to the cancellation of a score for suspected cheating.</p>
<p>According to one book I have read, one thing they check for is whether the same fingerprints show up on both test books. In one case in which a guy never got his scores reported from his second test, it was because his fingers had somehow never touched the test booklet. </p>
<p>But all of the above is just to relate an interesting story I read about once. In actual practice, your score can increase a LOT (I have seen one case, on successive test dates) and College Board seems not to care at all. Maybe the test-taker had the flu the first time he took the test, or whatever.</p>
<p>no i very likely doubt it. what if for example a student who took the SAT today without studying, recived a score of 1700..and then over the summer studied, took courses, or read books and in the Sept. or Oct. Got a 2100...doesnt that seem reasonable with all the effort and dedication the student put into studying?</p>
<p>^ yeah they would just see you took it after 4 months and say OH! and then let it go i guess.........</p>
<p>My score went from a 1980 to a 2260--and all I did was a refresher course for Verbal from Princeton Review in between (my verbal did go up from 660 to 780)</p>
<p>Such an increase might cause them to investigate your test, but they won't automatically accuse you of cheating. They use some sort of computer program that compares all the tests in the room to look for similar answer paterns. They also may compare your two essays to look for handwriting similarities/differences. But to answer your question, no they will not accuse you of cheating for a 300 point increase.</p>
<p>What about a 400 point increase 1 year after your first sitting?
Would it be flagged or even cancelled?</p>
<p>Don't worry about it. Just do your honest best.</p>
<p>Thres more things to stress over, look if they can literally lose kids tests, etc., don't think they even have the capability to do any analysis on kids taking it in one particular room in one school/test center when there are almost 500,000 taking it at any one given time.</p>
<p>I'm almost certain my score went way up. In the May SAT I didn't finish the last four or five problems of EVERY section. Hey, it was nly my second test I've taken (took my firsst PSAT in late Feb). I worked at going quicker and along with that I got a few right that i got wrong last time. I got a 1430 on the may score, just wasn't prepared, i only wrote a little less than a page and a half on my essay. I really wouldn't be surprised if i got around a 1700 oon this SAT.</p>
<p>This was a really funny rumor.Practically how can it be possible...there are many people who do not score well on particular sections...and next time after practicing they score way up...do you think they should do something like this to them? But being said...it's just a rumor...</p>
<p>I think no way they will think that you cheated...because with hard and smart work it is possible to score way up....and think about this a student like me who is an international student who is weak in CR and he practices hard for 5-6 months and retakes the exam and scores way better even by 700+ points...then it does not mean he cheated...it was his hardwork because of which he got good marks.</p>