<p>Alright, I have heard of all these rumors out there regarding number of times taking the SAT. Some examples: "if you take it more than 3 times, colleges will throw away your scores and laugh at you", "it doesnt matter, take as many times as possible"...etc
So I have been thinking, since alot more colleges accept score choice these days, can't someone take like every single SAT possible and maximize his/her scores?
(not that I will be stupid enough to give collegeboard who knows how many thousands of dollars for that)</p>
<p>Honestly do you really want to waste that much time just … taking a test rather than working on ECs/other stuff?</p>
<p>Well I guess if you’re only interested in colleges that accept score choice, it’s theoretically possible.</p>
<p>^ There’s kids like us out there who are trying to show greater improvements than before.</p>
<p>Most colleges now officially do superscore. You don’t have to send all your tests dates in to them and they won’t know if you took it over 3x.</p>
<p>I would assume it’s all based on the context of your situation. If it takes you four or five times to achieve your ideal score, and you start at the bottom of the spectrum, I think that would be excusable.</p>
<p>If you’re at 2250+ and you’re taking it another few times, you’re probably wasting your time on what could be used for other application builders like volunteering, clubs, competitions, etc. Or you could at least be enjoying your life instead of tearing your hair out for an epic exam.</p>
<p>Why not take it 9001 times? It’d be over nine-thousaaaand!</p>
<p>PS: In my opinion, if you’re already scoring high, than don’t bother. If not, I do agree with your point.</p>
<p>My question would be: If a college superscores, but makes you send all of your tests, then don’t they still see that you took it a lot? Would this hurt you, or do they purely look at the score?</p>
<p>9,000 Times/ 7 Times per year = 1,286 years.<br>
Man, people have a long wait for college…</p>
<p>That aside, I sent my scores “super scored” through college board. Why in the world does the colleges I applied to have my lowest scores in addition to my highest? I thought the college board only sent the highest. W/e. I really could care less.</p>