<p>Also, you can register for one SAT subject test and if your kids decide to take more than one on the day of the test, they could simply tell the proctor. College Board will just send you a bill. My son did this and it was not a big deal.</p>
<p>historymom:</p>
<p>a retake of the SAT also depends somewhat on how disappointed is "disappointed." For example, a 50 point 'dissapointment' (aiming for 650, but scored 600), is really only 2-3 more correct bubbles on math. With a little xiggi practice, 50 points is attainable, adn could be accomplished at the March test date, or June. But, if your twins need 100+ points on math, then better to work over the summer. Note, however, if the Subject Tests are also disspointing, the best time for a retake could be June....</p>
<p>Historymom: I posted on your other thread ... your girls might seriously want to consider the ACT which would eliminate the need to send the SAT as well as subject tests (for most schools, anyway.) Have them look at the ACT site and try some of the practice questions. The math is much more straightforward than that of the SAT.</p>
<p>thanks twinmom! I think they'll go for the ACT too. Bluebayou...it's more like a 50 to 120 pt leap. We'll see where they are after the June test date. If they need to take it in Oct then at leat one of my girls is willing so tht she can increase her chances for her 1st choice.</p>
<p>On the bright side their scores are just fine for two of the top three choces. It's merit aid and that #1 reach that they are shooting for at this pt. Thanks to all!</p>
<p>Haha, I'm a twin, and I've always scored higher than my brother on PSAT's but he just got a 2290 on the SAT's, so I have a pretty high mark to reach!</p>
<p>I am an identical twin - albeit 30 year out from high school. For some odd reason, I always did considerably better than my brother on both the SAT and ACT tests - GRE's too - even though, as things turned out, he became a world class student - Phi Beta Kappa in undergrad and then on to a PhD in economics and is now a world leading investor and economic adviser. We both literally rolled out of bed to take these tests - zero preparation - we were raised by a single mom with no money at hand - and I suspect that my brother thought the whole notion of standardized tests was silly and formulaic and he did not try very hard. I was more of a conformist and took them seriously, or at least as serious as one can without any preparation. </p>
<p>He was also an All American athlete in high school and college - and suspect that he believed that these tests were meaningless for him (at least in terms of undergraduate admission). </p>
<p>I was competitive with my brother, but only in a friendly way - we really wanted to beat the rest of the world - not each other. I detect a bit of the same in kmatimber - and others too. This identical twin thing is strange - I have found myself buying a book unrelated to my vocation - the latest in public health and disease - and learn later than my brother bought the same book the same week. Ditto for scores of history and social science books.</p>