Should I take the SAT again?

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<p>Hey... I need some advice. I've just gotten my SAT scores back and needless to say, they are not very good. This my third time. So, my question is, should I retake the test again even if it will be my fourth time? These are my scores, all taken with little, if any actual serious attempt at studying:</p>

<p>December 2011 SAT: 700 CR/460 M/610 W - 8 Essay (1770/2400)
March SAT 2012: 690 CR/550 M/720 W - 12 Essay (1960/2400)
June SAT 2012: 690 CR/520 M/690 W - 10 Essay (1900/2400)</p>

<p>I'm not trying to be perfect, but I had not had the greatest school years. I was in and out of hospitals, severe depression, etc... I had little time to study and was seriously unmotivated anyway. I don't want to simply give excuses, but I think that affected how well I did a lot.</p>

<p>Now I am not really sure about what to do and kind of panicking. I have an okay GPA, approximately 4.4 weighted and am within the top 1 percent of my school (out of a 620 plus student class), but they're nothing spectacular and I'm of East Asian descent. </p>

<p>Do you think there any chance that I can improve my score for the upcoming October test by studying over the summer or should I just accept that this is the best I can do? Or would it be a bad idea to take the SAT this many times regardless? Thank and sorry of my post is long.</p>

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<p>Taking it more than three times is risky. If you study over the summer properly you should bring it up. My first SAT was like a 1960…superscored is a 2270 and all I did was study correctly (not wasting my time on superfluous long books, I only took previous collegeboard exams).</p>