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<p>That's the question in the original post, which was followed up by a reply saying, </p>
<p> [quote=danielle1013] is it bad to take them more than once?
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<p>How many times to take the SAT is an individual decision. The College Board reports that students vary in how many times they take the SAT, and reports average scores for the groups of students who retest multiple times. </p>
<p>How many times you take the SAT depends on what else you do during the testing dates, how well you think you did the first time, what your college goals are, and what else you are doing to build a strong application. If the worry you have is how college admission officers will interpret your number of tests taken, this thread already illustrates that there are various interpretations that people propose for more testing sessions or fewer. I've asked college admission officers about this (because this question comes up a lot here on College Confidential) and the consensus of the college admission officers, what they say in public meetings when asked about this, is not to worry about how many times you take the SAT, but to be sure to remember that your SAT score is not the only aspect of your application they will look at. </p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=4198038&postcount=1%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=4198038&postcount=1</a> </p>
<p>Whatever you have already done you have already done. Whatever you still do before the admission deadline may vary from what someone else decides to do. Don't worry about it. Decide what makes sense for you to do for a strong application, and then do that fearlessly. </p>
<p>Good luck in your applications.</p>