<p>Hi. I am a senior and have taken SAT two times so far.
I am planning on taking SAT again in november AND december.
My top choice school requires all Scores. Will taking SAT 4 times hurt me> Should I just take the test in December?</p>
<p>Taking the test four times turns off some admissions officers. But if you think you can significantly improve your score, the higher score on a fourth try is better than a lower score on a third try.</p>
<p>up to three times is ok tho right?</p>
<p>In most cases, taking the test three times won’t raise any eyebrows among admissions officers at schools that claim to only look at your highest score.</p>
<p>At some schools, in fact, their systems automatically hide one’s lower scores, so the officers typically never go to find your lower scores or even how many times you took the test.</p>
<p>Thank you Silverturtle! 
:D</p>
<p>What if you took 4 tests, spaced out throughout your high school career?</p>
<p>I took the SAT once my sophomore year, to see how difficult it would be, and got a 2050.</p>
<p>I took it again, Junior Year, getting a 2220.</p>
<p>I took it last October, and I’m feeling a 2350. But of course, I had to register for the November one just in case October didn’t go well, before the October test came around, so this will lead to me taking it four times overall.</p>
<p>Will the Ivies look down upon me for this? In my defense, they were spaced out throughout my high school career, and I had been steadily improving my scores.</p>
<p>^Actually, IMO nothing looks very bad about it. :D</p>
<p>I’ve taken it 4 times (last time in Oct) I just hope it shows admitance officers I am determined or something. lol</p>
<p>Well, I have heard that the Ivies may be thinking that I have nothing better to do than plug away at a single test for too long, and that I instead should have done something else with that time. Their official stance, from the website, on taking a standardized test more than once something akin to “blah blah we find it from our experience that if you take it more than twice, you’ll get diminishing returns.” </p>
<p>Obviously, if you’re taking it more than twice, you’ll have less score improvement, as getting a 100 points score change from 1700 to 1800 is much easier than, say, 2250 to a 2350. In my opinion, their official stance says nothing, but I was looking to see if anyone else had an opinion on the subject matter</p>
<p>Yeah. You improved a lot, so I don’t think they’ll mind you taking it 4 times… If you took it 4 times and got the same score every single time then that might be something to worry about :p</p>
<p>What happened to score choice… You don’t have to submit any score you don’t want to.</p>
<p>^score choice doesnt apply to the school im applying to :(</p>
<p>You can still use it anyways.</p>
<p>Dont worry about it…the rest of your application will speak for you as well.</p>
<p>Do not stress over the number of times you take the SAT. That is your personal decision. Also, you do not necessarily need to send every score to a college. Even if it is “required”, it really isn’t and if you feel that a score does not reflect your true academic abilities, do not send it. Requiring every score is truly a pointless policy and it does not deserve to be followed. The only benefit to submitting more than one test is if it improves your “superscore”, or if specific sections on multiple tests are higher than others.</p>
<p>^
I think that is a terrible idea. Wouldn’t that count as withholding information on the application? You could probably get into trouble if the college found out later.</p>
<p>As an applicant, one is not obliged to provide any information that does not truly represent oneself as an individual. The College Board cannot release any SAT results without a student’s consent and I believe an applicant should have the ability to exercise the right to withhold scores that do not accurately reflect his or her academic aptitude.</p>
<p>I’m not saying that you shouldn’t be allowed to withhold certain scores. I am saying that I think that it is against the rules and could get you into serious trouble.</p>
<p>It would also get collegeboard into a lot of trouble for going against all the privacy policies and agreements they make with the students. You could sue… and sue for a lot.</p>
<p>yeah I’m pretty sure CB would never release ur other scores to the colleges - even if it is “required”</p>
<p>Did they add something new to their privacy policy that wasn’t there before score choice? Cause they used to send all the scores which was legally permissable (at least back then).</p>