<p>i keep hearing different things but is it or is it not frowned upon to take the SAT in college?</p>
<p>I'm a freshman at a state university (but skipped senior year, so technically still a senior??) and i took both the SAT and ACT in the spring and will be taking the SAT one last time in January. Will be taking the SAT a total of 4 times</p>
<p>So does this look shady?? Will it hurt me in application process?? this whole thing is stressing me out, i don't know what will hurt more, having a mediocre SAT (1350) or taking it to much!!!</p>
<p>I dont know about any other schools but Michigan told me that if I took the SAT once i had started college they couldnt accept the scores. I asked why and they said because the test is meant to evaluate your knowledge in high school, or something like that.</p>
<p>it depends on teh school some schools ie nyu doesn't accept act/sat scores. Like you i skipped a grade too; i entered tulane at age 16. Even now in college i'm really not good at those tests. :(</p>
<p>Just call the school and ask. Sometimes i really don't they they care. Infact it would make sense that some schools would not care because if the applicant had a higher sat/act score that would raise the school's ranking? I'm not sure just speculating.</p>
<p>i did some investigating for anyone who cares. i called georgetown today, they said it was fine to take the SAT again in college. yale was still out on vacation (but something tells me they won't look fondly upon such a thing... every time i've spoken with people in admissions they have been very incordial and curt). still have to call virginia.</p>
<p>it'd be great if anyone had any other info on this. i'll keep you posted on anything else i learn</p>
<p>efs424, Yale is known for the attitude. I cannot imagine anyone regarding a retake of the SAT as bad, unless you end up with a worse score than previously. Assuming that you earn a higher score, the worst that could happen to you by retaking the SAT is that no weight will be given to it at all, so it is really your discretion.</p>
<p>All transfer applicants are required to submit the results of the SAT I: Reasoning Test reported directly from the College Board (our institutional code is #3434). Scores listed on the official high school transcript will be acceptable as official test results as well. As an alternative, students may submit results of the ACT (code #1840). Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to submit the results of three College Board SAT II: Subject Tests. Recently taken SAT and Subject Tests are acceptable; however, standardized test results more than three years old may not represent your ability. College Board tests taken on or before the January testing date and ACT tests taken by February will reach us in time. </p>
<p>Yale's Transfer Application (Instructions):</p>
<p>Required Testing
Yale requires the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT I) (Code No. 3987) or the American College Testing (ACT) Assessment Program (Code No. 0618). Scores from the January SAT test date or the February ACT test date will reach us in time for consideration. Only scores reported directly to Yale by the College Board or the ACT are considered official. If you have not already
requested that your scores be forwarded, please do so immediately.</p>
<p>My D is thinking about transferring and after contacting a few schools, she found that Northwestern was okay with her retaking the SAT or ACT while Tufts and Emory didn't encourage it. Also, USC doesn't require SAT/ACT scores if you have 30 or more transferable credits.</p>
<p>What about SAT IIs? My scores were okay but not good when I took them in high school. M IC: 660, Writing: 620, History: 600. Today is the last day to register for the the January SAT I/II's. I'm applying to top 10 undergrad Business schools (based on the USNews Rankings) and am currently a sophomore at Ithaca College.</p>
<p>Also the SAT I's, I took like 5 times in high school because I took them in my freshman and soph years. Then took them in Dec of my junior year. Received good scores but decided I could do better and registered to take them in March. Then in March I decided I didn't really need high scores and I dont think I took them as seriously. Then my senior year I found out I was 10 points short of a scholarship (of course to a school I didn't even attend) and rasied them to 70 points to a 1380.</p>
<p>I went: Fr 1060, So 1280, Jr 1310, Jr 1250 (I think it was a 1250 and this is the one I didn't take that seriously), Sr 1380. </p>
<p>My questions are should I retake the SATIIs? And will colleges I'm applying to frown on how many times I took the SAT I's</p>
<p>""is that 30 or more transferrable credits by the time of applying or after the year?"</p>
<p>End of the year"</p>
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<p>Really? That's awsome. Does anyone know any other schools like this? Who doesn't require the sat/act if you will have finished 30+ credits by the end of the year, not by the time you apply?</p>
<p>If I could go back, I wouldn't have taken them freshman year or the 2nd time the junior year. But I'm not worried about them that much because the first time I took them my junior year I was over 1300 which isn't great but other things considered I don't think they hurt me that much.</p>
<p>I only took the II's once. I'm actually considering just not sending the II's. Transferring and changing your major kind of sucks. :(.</p>
<p>If you check your account on collegeboard.com, you will see that all of your old scores from high school are gone. Oh wait, but they will always be a permanent part of your high school transcript. Darn...</p>
<p>Collegeboard still keeps a record of your SAT scores, the account is just deactivated one year after graduation. Upon requesting that scores be sent, they cross-reference stable data such as your first, last name and social security number to reactivate and send the older records.</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity guys, do you take your SATs at a high school near your college/university, or do you travel back to home state and take them there?</p>
<p>If you read my previous post, you would have garnered the conclusion that the College Board sends ALL scores. Moreover, it is also a question of honesty, which shows much about your character...</p>