<p>I attended an information session yesterday at a highly selective college. The admissions officer told the story of applicants from one high school last year that included four students with perfect SAT scores. He said that he was disturbed to notice that two of those students took the SAT again, after they had already earned perfect scores.
I was puzzled hearing this story. Why would anyone do that? The admissions officer made it clear that he thought the retakes were a stupid waste of time, and that choice clearly did not help either applicant's chances.</p>
<p>I think it’s a great idea. Now a days, getting one perfect score isn’t enough. I know all the top colleges want to see that you take the SAT twice even thrice and get 2400. 2 of my friends have 2400 super scored, but they are all taking in october to get 2400 in one sitting. Plus it enforces that you actually have skill, what if that one time you just got lucky? Now I’m not in the position to really say anything, (I have 2200 SAT, can’t afford to take again) but 2200 is enough to get into the top community colleges in the country!</p>
<p>2200 is enough to get into top universities in the country. Don’t take it too many times and don’t listen to this person^</p>
<p>Is there a way to hide threads?</p>
<p>That’s really ridiculous. It’s a waste of money and time.</p>
<p>@eponce </p>
<p>I think your sarcasm detectors are defective. You need to see a mechanic for immediate repair of your IPS (InterPersonalSkills) unit.</p>
<p>If it is required by state law (In Michigan we are required to take the ACT), then that may be why.</p>
<p>This is absurd, there are people who couldn’t take the test at their desired location because the seats were filled and had to commute 10 miles away.</p>
<p>Don’t do that, do community service instead.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure if they scored 2400 on their SAT and were forced to take it again, they probably already have killer EC’s.</p>
<p>Thank you for that possible explanation, Halostar-that makes sense to me.</p>
<p>@NWskier wow was that really sarcastic. I didn’t even notice… Well then sorry if I was insulting</p>
<p>People like that make me sick</p>
<p>“Today on Smart Teens Do Stupid Things, we talk to students who score 2400 and then re-take the SAT…”</p>
<p>Is it possible that the College Board specifically asked the students in question to retake the test?</p>
<p>If a student’s SAT score increases by an unusually large margin (as defined by the College Board; ~400+ points from one test date to the next?), then the student might be asked to validate the score…by taking the test again. I’m not sure whether the SAT score validation process results in one reported score or two.</p>
<p>There are other scenarios that I could imagine which might explain a student retaking the SAT after earning a perfect score. If the student scores a 2400 early on in his/her high school career (e.g., freshman year), that SAT may not count as a “validation score” for the junior year PSAT National Merit Scholarship competition. There’s also the possibility that the student was misinformed about whether an SAT score could count for the NMS validation…and so he/she took the test unnecessarily. It could be an honest mistake.</p>
<p>I don’t think the admissions officer should jump to any negative conclusions about why the student retook the test…without asking the student directly. Seems rather presumptuous, don’t you think?</p>
<p>In Michigan, every (public school) student has to take the ACT in march of their junior year. So even if you had a perfect score already, you had to take it again. This is probably what happened to those students, only with the SAT.</p>
<p>Say you took it in October, and then your school offered it free in class during the spring.</p>
<p>I have never heard of a state that requires students to take SAT. ACT I’ve heard of (I think it’s a kind of dumb requirement, but I’ve heard of it), but not SAT.</p>