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<p>There are certain students whose criterion for test success involves getting a certain threshold score on each section of the SAT and each Subject Test. Some students are satisfied with 700 or higher. Others shoot for 750 or higher.</p>
<p>If a student who feels this way about testing scores 690/800/800 on the second try, he/she might be inclined to take the test again, whereas one who scores 760/770/760 would not bother. Yet the two students have the same total score – 2290.</p>