<p>Grandson's scores challenged because of improvement much greater than previous score. Anyone familiar with this?</p>
<p>If you haven’t done so already, you may want to repost in the SAT section. There has, in the past, been some discussion on this topic.</p>
<p>Yes it happens. And yes, there is nothing you can do about it, except accept their offer of a free retake. (You can fight and possibly win, but think about it, the application clock is ticking, and your grandson would have graduated before he is finally vindicated.)</p>
<p>btw: was his score a 300+ point increase?</p>
<p>Exams are flagged when they reach a certain % increase from previous exam. Does “challanged” mean nullified? I always thought that if the score was challanged they took the seating chart & compared answers with those in vicinity to check for cheating. If answers didn’t match they approved the score?</p>
<p>Was the increase drastic? </p>
<p>For example, was it from,suppose, 1800 to 2400 in just two tries???</p>
<p>What exactly was the challenge ETS posed on the scores for your grandson???</p>
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<p>WHAT !!! i got 1440 on my first time and i’m studying my *** off so that I get plus 2000 , and i’m almost there according to practice tests (( 1900 in my last time )) .
Does that mean that if I got 2000 next time they will chalenge my score !!! *** !!!</p>
<p>My son had a 300 plus point improvement on TWO sections of the SAT (that’s all they had when he took it). No one batted an eyelash at the SAT place…Of course WE (and he) were thrilled.</p>
<p>^^^ you mean you were expecting them to do something like making your son retake or so ??</p>
<p>FreedomEagle you can’t worry about this. Just do the best you can. Fact is most kids will not increase their scores between one sitting and the next so much that it causes notice but note that I did not say “all kids will not increase their scores.” Take the test, take it honestly and quit worrying about it.</p>
<p>Freedom Eagle…I was commenting on the comment above mine…seemed like THAT poster was thinking that a 300 plus improvement might be the problem. <em>I</em> was just saying that we had no problem with such an improvement.</p>
<p>@thumper1</p>
<p>So you were talking to me :)</p>
<p>Well in that case, I’m even more puzzled . I want to raise my scores, similarly from a 2190 to a 2400 and no one told me anything??? Or is that a okay raise for ETS ??
I’m confused…and kind of just tired too!
So am I doomed or what 
Lol!!! College board sucks in general. We should all rebel agains them one day 
I will lead the charge :)</p>
<p>BTW I’m writng this in gym…go senioritis! :)</p>
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<p>I know a guy whose son’s ACT score was challenged. The kid’s private ACT tutor wrote a letter and the scores were accepted.</p>
<p>For the life of me, I can’t figure out how a student would cheat. Texts on a smuggled cell phone? Different person taking the test?</p>
<p>Different person taking the test is easy enough to do. IDs are checked at the door, but if A bubbles in that he is B and B bubbles in that he is A, who is to know? </p>
<p>I don’t recall any of my kids telling me that there was a seating chart in their SAT sittings. For IB tests, there was a seating chart…</p>
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<p>Okay, that makes sense. You get the way smart guy to bubble your test, you bubble his, then he calls and cancels his score.</p>
<p>And what does a kid do if he had someone else take his test for him when he actually gets into college abc which is way over his head? Continue on the cheating path?</p>
<p>The test takers may not know it, but the proctors do indeed fill out a seating chart by booklet #. It should not be difficult to check the answers of those around the one(s) in question.</p>
<p>Finding a freelance test taker only works if you’re going to do one and done. That’s the whole point of scrutinizing test scores with giant leaps.</p>
<p>Thanks to all of you for your responses regarding my 8-16-11. I will repost in the SAT section.</p>