<p>I'm a senior in High School and, I've already taken the SAT twice. The first time I got a 1510 out of 2400 on it, and the second time I got a 1540 out of 2400 on it. I already took the ACT as well, and I got a 23 on it.</p>
<p>Should I take the SAT for a third time, and try to go for a better score, or should I just go with one of the Subject Tests?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Methinks a 1500 will get you nowhere but a one way ticket to community college. Study for it.</p>
<p>Methinks I can get into a pretty good school (not great, but good) regardless off a 1550 SAT score. I have an unweighted 3.6 GPA, I’m in plenty of extracurriculars, and I’m taking a few AP’s. I’m just not great when it comes to the SAT. I’ve taken SAT classes, and it’s still no help.</p>
<p>Does anybody have a real answer to my question?</p>
<p>If you are willing to put the effort in, then yes. This means memorizing DH, and being dedicated to taking practice tests from the BB. You should be able to get your score up to at least a 1700-1800 in a month or two. At least. But you gotta have dedication.</p>
<p>Take it only if you are wiling to put at least 7 hours a week for SAT practice for at least a month, preferably 2. If you do, you can seriously raise your score to 17 -1800</p>
<p>What was DH mean?</p>
<p>You have tested very consistently three times. See the ACT-SAT Concordance [ACT-SAT</a> Concordance](<a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/]ACT-SAT”>The ACT Test for Students | ACT)</p>
<p>Unless you have the time, determination and study guidance you need (identifying precise areas of weakness that you can realistically improve with study/practice) to actually raise your scores, don’t bother with the third SAT.</p>
<p>You speak of taking “one” SAT II. Generally, colleges either require no SAT II’s at all or a minimum of two, and sometimes, they dictate the types of subject areas desired, esp. for certain majors. Be sure to review the test requirements page of every school to which you will apply so you know exactly what your SAT II plan needs to be.</p>
<p>Get help from professionals, that does not mean it will cost you anything. Just google free SAT tutoring or something like that.</p>
<p>I agree with TXArtemis. Statistic shows that after about 3 times (2 SAT, 1 ACT), your test score is harder to improve. The reason being you already improved on the obvious areas. </p>
<p>If you want to imporve, you probably need to spend much more time studying, figuring out the areas that you can imporve on.</p>
<p>As for the subject tests, mostly tier 1 colleges require subject tests. Depending on what colleges you are looking at, you might not need to take them. Make sure you select a broad list of colleges that are within the range of your test score and gpa.</p>
<p>DH- direct hits (a vocabulary book)</p>
<p>It won’t hurt to take it again, but it is not worth it unless you do a lot of practice tests and learn why you are getting some of the questions wrong. Also, it depends on where you want to go to school.</p>
<p>I don’t know about CR, but for math, it is much easier for you to improve 200 points than for someone scored 700 to improve 50 points. Think about the payoff, there is a huge difference between 500 and 700, but not much difference bw 700 and 750, not to mention the impact of your college and your future jobs. So it is worth a lot for you to take it again until you get 700 or so.</p>
<p>Why dont u take ACT?</p>
<p>If you haven’t taken subject tests yet, you need to take those if the schools you are applying to require them. Either raise your ACT score or raise your SAT score and perform well on the SAT IIs. You should take the SAT again, as well as the subject tests. </p>
<p>^the OP noted that he/she took the ACT as well.</p>
<p>Dude do it again
My first time in SAT i scored 1660
and then 1960
and then 2220
do it again i recommend that
btw i am Arabic so you can do much better</p>
<p>Anyone scored 1500 can potentially score 2200 within a few months. This is because:</p>
<ol>
<li>You are not an idiot.<br></li>
<li>You have basic foundations. </li>
<li>You have mastered a great knowledge. </li>
</ol>
<p>You did not score higher not because you don’t know the materials, but because you don’t have enough time on the tests, you are not used to the ways the SAT forced on you, or other things. </p>
<p>You just need to know some tricks in terms of methods and time managements. It is not hard at all. </p>
<p>Never give up, this may be the first lesson you learn in your life.</p>