<p>My daughter is thinking about taking the SAT in her sophomore year and again in junior year. I was wondering, as some colleges look at all SAT scores, how does it reflect in her college application if there is a large gap between the two scores?
(Large=150+ points)</p>
<p>Any comments are appreciated.</p>
<p>Why does she want to take it sophomore year?</p>
<p>She’s already taken Geometry, Algebra, and Algebra II. Also, she has been scoring well on practice tests (2200).</p>
<p>Ok that makes sense. I guess most colleges take the highest score so I don’t see there is a problem. But I rather my daughter prep and take it one time unless she has to repeat. I mean I don’t see the advantage of taking it in Sophomore year if you know she is capable of higher score in Junior year.</p>
<p>If she thinks she’s ready, and is happy with expected scores (be careful though, practice tests aren’t necessarily the exact score she’ll get) why not?</p>
<p>I took it my sophomore year, and am extremely happy with the results. I kind of rushed into it, based only off of PSAT scores, but end result was great. </p>
<p>I may take it one more time, but there is a huge load of pressure I’ll never have to experience. I didn’t spend hours prepping, I don’t ‘need’ to take it one more time to get into college XYZ. And even if I did, I still have more time to prepare than those who take it junior year and find out they have one summer to improve their scores.</p>
<p>Also, from what I’ve read on these message boards, 3 times seems pretty normal, so she could still take it once junior and senior year. Also, many colleges accept score choice or look at only top scores.</p>
<p>So, basically, if she expects a score good enough for her goals, why not? My scores met my goals, and it took away a whole lot of stress.</p>
<p>Also, don’t forget about subject tests.</p>
<p>I took it sophomore year as a test just to see what it was like</p>
<p>The gap is no problem, especially if your daughter does better on the second one.</p>
<p>Taking it more than once is good because the first time around, she might be too nervous to get a good score. 2 times is a good number of times to take the SAT I.</p>
<p>So yes, your daughter should take it soon, even if just for practice.</p>
<p>2200 looks good though, expected of anyone active on these forums… CC helped me get into college</p>
<p>Thanks for all the input so far. I think she is leaning towards taking the SAT in October.</p>
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