SAT Scores Averaged

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<p>Hey,</p>

<p>This November, I will be taking my SATs for the third and final time.....</p>

<p>Unfortunately, I have heard a rumor that's been going around........mainly something my parents keep saying:</p>

<p>"If you take the SAT Three times, then your scores get averaged out, and your score actually gets lower"</p>

<p>I don't believe that this is true, but I just wanted to confirm. Isn't the averaging thing after the third try: Meaning if you take it like a fourth time or something: or is it nonexistent....</p>

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<p>I don't believe it exists--just one of those bad rumors.</p>

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<p>Doesn't exist unless you make yourself believe it exists.
Just pretend you're taking the SAT for the first time and forget about your previous scores!
Also, preparing helps.. (usually)</p>

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<p>Urban legend. Doesn't happen.</p>

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<p>NO. The scores are not averaged. </p>

<p>The College Board keeps figures showing some students take the SAT five times or more, just as juniors and seniors.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/AverageScores.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/AverageScores.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Colleges say they look at your best scores--Harvard strengthens that to saying "ONLY your highest scores"--so the key idea is to gain the highest scores you can, without worrying too much about how many times you took the test.</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=4198038&postcount=1%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=4198038&postcount=1&lt;/a> </p>

<p>But test scores aren't the only thing that matters for college admission, even for the students with the highest scores,</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=377882%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=377882&lt;/a> </p>

<p>so make sure to take care of everything else that is important. </p>

<p>Bottom line: don't worry about it.</p>

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<p>What if you get a 760 on writing and then get a 620 the next time (I really do not know what happened. I am pretty much a grammar nazi). Would they average the two scores?</p>

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<p>Read my lips: Scores are not averaged. If a school "superscores", they will take the highest score from each section, regardless of sitting. If a school does not (like the UC's), then they take the highest cumulative score from one sitting. But they are NOT averaged.</p>