So I took the January SAT and scores a 690 in every category with an 8 on my essay. I wanted to get up to the 700s because the colleges I’m looking into are extremely competitive. I was extremely disappointed to look at my scores on the March test to find my score went down!! I scores a 670 in every section. The only thing that went up was my essay- I got a 10. While this isn’t a significant difference and was in my original score range, I’m still really upset. I felt I did so much better on the second test.
My daughter’s score went down the second time she took the test. She was so upset. However, the third time was a charm. She did dramatically better the third time, like 150 points higher in CR alone. She did not prepare at all, so I don’t know what changed.
Yes, it can go down. If you look at the predicted ranges, that CB gives with the results, you can see that those at given scores can go up or down or stay the same.