<p>Well, i am currently a rising sophomore and I made a big mistake in my freshman year. My parents made me take the SAT in december of 9th grade, and I didn't study at all and ended up with a 1900. I didn't know that this was a big mistake until about now lol. i took about 3 practice SAT's and received around a 2200 on all of them without studying. I will be studying for the SAT's this summer. Since I still have about 2 years I should be able to raise it to about a 2300. Unforunately, that 1900 is still on my record. I want to go to MIT and have good EC's, good GPA, and I know that I can increase my SAT score with a little work. I have a true passion for math and science and have already started developing some nice EC's in these categories. My three passions are math, science, and music and I have started doing research with a professor, started studying for math contests, and have already won a few state awards for the alto saxophone. You don't have to tell me whether I am on the right track for MIT or anything. All I need to know is that will my future SAT score (hopefully 2300, definitely 2200+ since I can already score in that range towards end of freshman year) cover up that terrible 1900? Thank you soo much!</p>
<p>Think about it.... </p>
<p>MIT admissions committee is looking at your application and says...</p>
<p>"he has a 2300 on the SAT he JUST took, but got a 1900 on one he took 2 years ago.... let's reject him!" </p>
<p>-Are you Asian?</p>
<p>Colleges generally only consider the top scores in each subject.</p>
<p>On top of that, there are many students who take the SAT their junior year, score in the 1800-1900 range, retake at the beginning of senior year, and get much higher. So don't worry.</p>
<p>wow man, wow, dont worry about what you did freshman year. they will only take your highest scores. plus, they will see you got a 1900 AS a freshman, which is really good, dont worry about it</p>
<p>Don't fret. Taking it now can only help you see where you need improvement. CR? Read a lot over the summers. Writing? Read and write a lot. I improved over two hundred points over three tries and it didn't hurt me.</p>
<p>Colleges will ask you to provide your best result in each section (CR, Math, Writing).</p>
<p>This means that you can display all of your best results in each section, even though all of them may occur in different tests you took.</p>
<p>For example, my scores were CR:560, M:800 and W:700. In October, I will take the SAT and try to score only the CR section because I am satisfied with my other two results. In the application, I will provide the information that my CR score is from one date, while the others are from another, earlier date.</p>
<p>Don't worry. You are on the right track more than ever!</p>
<p>As others said, it's totally not a problem. People take the SATs at a young age (even middle school) for all sorts of reason (for example, there are some "gifted and talented" summer programs that ask for them). Colleges know that younger kids arn't really ready...they won't count it against you!</p>
<p>Are UCs the only colleges that look at scores from "one sitting"? Several people are saying that colleges are only looking for best results in each section, but I know that is not true of the UCs.</p>
<p>There are some others that take your best sitting, but many/most take best from each section.</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry about it. The colleges will be able to see that it was taken your freshman year when you send the score report. You know, a 1900 is well above average even for those taking it at a normal age...
But yes, it is low for top colleges, so I'm not really criticizing you for complaining.</p>
<p>I think they do look at when you take the test, in 9th grade, it probably is impressive. I know some college admission book states adcoms look to see if the SAT scores were in Junior year or Senior year because there is usually a huge jump.
They said the worst time to take it is Jan, unfortunately that is when my kid took it. They think the best time to take is in March or April/May because there are more kids who will take the SAT I test so your relative percentage will be better. Don't know how much to believe these college admission books but it's in there(for the record the book is A for Admission).</p>
<p>I don't believe the legends about what month is best for taking the SAT. Those legends are based on an incorrect idea about how scores are equated from one administration of the SAT to another. Take it when it fits your schedule, and don't worry about that. </p>
<p>I already answered the OP in another thread, and I see everyone here is correctly saying, "Don't worry about your score from ninth grade." For more detail about how colleges treat applications that include more than one score from the same test, see </p>
<p>1900 is "terrible" for a freshman?</p>
<p>Kids these days...</p>
<p>Am I the only person here impressed with a Freshmen getting a 1900. Jesus, most juniors who take it get lower.</p>
<p>I think you beat all but six kids in my graduating class of 326.</p>
<p>You'll do much better next time and I definitely wouldn't despair about a 1900.</p>
<p>LOL "are you asian"</p>
<p>Sometimes I truly wonder about the fate of humanity...</p>
<p>Uhh, they won't even look at it. It's good to take it in 9th grade. I got 1780 in 9th grade on mine. They won't even look at that. It's like a college rejecting you because you got a D in 6th grade English class.</p>
<p>^^No, it's more like a D in AP English taking when you are in 6th grade.</p>