<p>I have taken the SAT twice, the first in April and the second in June. I consistently went up each time I took it, and my most recent score ended up being a 2010 (1340 M/CR). It is a pretty solid score (high 600s in every section), but most of the schools I am looking at require at least 700 in each section. I feel confident enough that if I retake the test again I can improve from this score, but my parents believe that schools might look down on the fact that I took the test three times. Is there any disadvantage of taking the test three times? I was considering perhaps looking into the ACTs, but someone told me that because I am not from the Midwest most schools wouldn't really like the fact that I submitted the ACTs over the SATs. What do you think? Any advice would be appreciated.</p>
<p>NO</p>
<p>I have a friend who took the SAT 5 times and got into Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Duke, JHU, and practically every other school in the book. The friend's max score was 2190. Was not an under-represented minority.</p>
<p>haha we're actually enemies but if i called that person my enemy it would look like i was jealous</p>
<p>jimbob maybe your friend is a rare example...was there anything else special about him?</p>
<p>no, just had really good grades, a pretty high number of APs, and several extracurriculars. pretty much a study machine. harvard loves those</p>
<p>I haven't heard anyone use the word "enemy" to describe someone they know since maybe third grade.</p>
<p>well i just used the term enemy because someone referred to the person as my friend, and i wanted a word as far away in meaning from friend as possible...i don't really KNOW this person, we were just in classes together and i know him/her enough to hate him/her.</p>
<p>Ummm... "nerdy classmate"? =P</p>
<p>I ended up taking the SAT's a third time and it didn't really hurt my chances. Also, please realize that these schools do not "require," though I know what you're trying to say, at the same time do not base your chances off so called "required SAT's"</p>
<p>third time is a-ok.</p>
<p>Thank you for all of the advice. To repeat the second part of my post, does anyone know if there is a disadvantage of taking the ACTs if I am not from the Midwest? Someone told me that before, and I was wondering because I know schools like Yale require the SATs and 3 SAT 2s OR just the ACT with writing. If I only submit my ACT scores, would that look bad on my part? Thanks again for your time.</p>
<p>I think it looks fine. If you don't do so stellar on the ACT, you don't have to submit it anyways. But i don't think a college is going to be like, "iowa student gets 32 - smart kid! new jersey student gets a 32 - dummy test score grubber!"</p>
<p>Take that ACT!</p>
<p>I took the SAT for a 3rd time. I had steady improvement each time. I also took four SAT II's twice. I was accepted by some notable places, so I don't really think it matters.</p>
<p>My son took the SAT 3x--twice the "old" SAT & once the "new" SAT with writing. I don't believe any schools held it against him & he got some nice merit awards. His scores were pretty consistent with all 3 administrations of the SAT I, tho he did find the "new" test with writing to be very tiring because of the length.</p>
<p>My first two times taking the SAT were totally unprepared. First time I got 1870, then second 1950. I had planned on studying in between but never got around to it =/. Now I am planning on taking a course and then retaking in the fall. Will it look bad, even if I get something like a 2200 this time?</p>
<p>My first time I took the SAT (late spring jr year) I wasn't prepared. I got 1940. I took it again in the fall (again with no preparation) and got 2170. I took it a third time and actually prepared for it a little bit (ok...I studied some vocab words, but not nearly enough) and hit 2190.</p>
<p>I was admitted to Cornell, Northwestern, Michigan (matriculating), USC, and Purdue. Rejected at Wharton and Columbia College. But I think if I would have applied engineering at Wharton and Columbia I would have made it in due to some seriously awesome essays for NW and Cornell.</p>
<p>But I also had solid ACT (33) and SAT IIs (800, 770, 720) to back me up a little bit.</p>
<p>I still feel that I could have done much better on the SAT. I'm going to Michigan for financial reasons (no financial aid at Cornell or NW). I'm committed to doing at least two years at Michigan. If after two years I want to try transferring, I might give the SAT one more shot. But I'll probably be looking to transfer to Cornell, so I don't know if I'll really need to, since I already made it in once.</p>
<p>My understanding is that if you're transferring after 2 years of college, they look at your college work rather than test scores to decide admission & other issues relating to your app. If you do plan to spend at least 2 years at Michigan, can't see any benefit in taking the SAT again,</p>
<p>You can double-check with your HS guidance counselor, as well as the admissions office for transfer admissions at the schools you're thinking of attending as a transfer to get the most accurate info. The SAT is mostly a HS test, to help colleges predict how well you'll do in college. If they have your transcript from a college, can't see why they'd need testing results.</p>
<p>i took the old SAT as a freshman because i wanted to get into a summer school.. and i got a 1100 and because of personal reasons, I didnt even get to go to a summer program. i hope this wont hurt me...</p>