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<p>^^(oops forgot the g on misleading)</p>

<p>well, here's an example. i got a 2290 on my SAT. collegeboard gave me these stats in my score report
750 on cr - for people who get 750 on cr as juniors and retake the SAT as seniors, only 37% score higher
740 on math- " ", only 40% score higher
800 on writing- the most discouraging,...only 11% get a perfect score again as seniors
and then obviously, my chances of getting this composite score are gonna be lower than 11% when combining these probabilities</p>

<p>i mean, and obviously, other people with scores like these in the first place, if they were to retake, would most likely study alot, so the chances go even further down. </p>

<p>and there are more stories of people getting way lower scores the second time than significantly increasing their score by a couple hundred points. this is why it's crazy to retake when you get high scores in the first sitting. the WORST thing that could happen is if your score goes down. </p>

<p>but congrats to those ppl who get like a 153 PSAT and a 2300 something SAT (my golly however THAT happens)...you are like a person who goes from freaking homeless to harvard...but just know that these miracle stories do not occur often. the SAT is a reliable and valid test, and for it to be considered reliable, ETS designs the test so that scores do not fluctuate much(especially within the course of only a few months)</p>

<p>also, the SAT is designed to be a one time test, not to be taken 9383875758 times. so DO NOT rely too much on superscoring</p>

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<p>After gazing at your mass of broken syntax, I am astonished you got an 800 on writing.</p>

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<p>What’s the point of this thread, with hard work and dedication you may be successful, but that success is misleading because you tried so hard?</p>

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False. Judging from my school (2.5k students), I’d say 80-90% of the kids who take the SAT every year don’t study at all (and most still won’t study if they take it again).</p>

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<p>Okay so let’s say someone has 2150 when he/she takes the SAT as a junior. What happens if that person scores 2100 when she retakes as a senior but that the superscored result climb up to 2200? Is it good or bad? Worth it?</p>

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<p>call me crazy, but I somehow doubt that you got a 2290 composite, after seeing the posts you’ve made on other threads.</p>

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<p>wow you guys don’t believe me? pshh look
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that’s a screen shot and cc is still open because i’m replying to this thread
just because i don’t spend forever trying to construct grammatically correct sentences on a random internet forum doesn’t mean that i can’t get 800 on SAT writing! that shows how GULLIBLE some of you people are…especially to believing those people who say they got 10 2400s or didn’t have to study for any ap tests and passed them all with fives</p>

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<p>Not really. People can improve with hard work. The question is: how many of them are willing to put in the hard work?</p>

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<p>^ well yeah, but this is for the people who score high in the first place and want to retake
just sayin…if you got a 2350 retook it, and got a 2200 something, then don’t complain about it on cc…you knew the odds…</p>

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<p>Oh, right. Well, I haven’t taken the real test yet, so I can’t really comment here.</p>

<p>Congratulations on the 800. I only got 720 on the Writing part of the practise test I took.</p>

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<p>Oh really huh. I am basically doing that (151 PSAT –> 2090 SAT) so does it mean I went from extremely stupid to Ivy League smart. The only reason I did bad on the PSAT was just because I didn’t know. When I found out what the test was actually about, I did good. </p>

<p>P.S. I got a 2090 in Jan. this year as a junior. I have plenty of time to get it up even higher.</p>

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<p>I got similar data with my score report. I found it kind of disturbing; you’d think if the SAT accurately measured intelligence people’s scores wouldn’t fluctuate so much. I mean, the average person gets 725 in writing when retaking an 800? That’s a big difference.</p>

<p>Still, I’m not too worried about retaking my 2310 to raise a low math score, because I always get 2300+ on practice tests. I think the data just means a lot of people’s scores have a lot to do with luck.</p>