<p>if you think you definitely do it better then go take it again.</p>
<p>To the discussion earlier in this thread: The SAT tests your ability to take the SAT. OBVIOUSLY there’s a positive correlation between SAT scores and ability. Students who can master something are typically able to master other things (whether it be because of intelligence, motivation, or whatever). The SAT is just in place to see who can master it.</p>
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<p>When people say this, it is usually with the intent to convey that the SAT only tests one’s ability to take the SAT, which is what I was debating. I agree with your post, though.</p>
<p>@oomboo2: I would completely support your decision to take the SAT again. I also created a thread a few days previously in the SAT Preparation forum regarding the baseless criticism and negative assumptions of those who retake respectable scores and the relationship between high SAT scores and their effect on admission rate at three of the most elite universities in the United States. Here is the link:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/865226-addressing-few-concerns.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/865226-addressing-few-concerns.html</a></p>
<p>And the thread that I mention in my opening sentence in the link above was not referring to this one in particular (since I had not yet read this discussion at the time of posting), but the explicit and inferential “get-a-life” harassment against you is certainly applicable.</p>
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<p>I am fairly certain that scoring a 2400 on the third time one takes the test is not a causation or a mechanical formula for rejection. Taking the SAT thrice is far from obsessive behavior and is clearly not resolutely indicative of personality. A rejection despite a 2400 is most often the result of inadequacies or perceived faults on other parts of the application. </p>
<p>Clearly, admission officers are not oblivious to the motivation that students have for retaking for a higher score. Moreover, I simply cannot rationalize how universities would hold the pursuance of a legitimate goal against an applicant. Evaluating college applications is largely a process of recognizing excellence and reflecting supreme academic competence is a major factor driving the process.</p>
<p>Indeed, people certainly enjoy discussing the high rejection rates of perfect-scoring students at elite universities, but it certainly is not the scores themselves that lead to these decisions.</p>
<p>Dead post and all, I know, but I have to say that you, mifune, are quite well informed, and thank you as well for the link to the other discussion. Quite informative!</p>
<p>^^Next time, it might be better to PM the thanks instead of bumping a 3 year old topic.</p>