<p>Is it bad to take the SAT three times. This is specific for non-score choice schools, where all scores have to be reported. Is it alright if there's solid progress, e.g. 1950 -> 2110 -> 2310?</p>
<p>Three is the limit. They don’t care about three. Anything above three hurts the application.</p>
<p>Depends where. Harvard for example says it thinks above two is to many. Three is not a hard limit though and less prestigious colleges shouldn’t care as much. </p>
<p>Also, (not that you should) but there is no way for a college to verify scorechoice. In such a competitive admissions environment…</p>
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<p>But H permits Score Choice, so they’re only going to see as many sittings as you send them.</p>
<p>Take it however many times you want, but be rational about the money. A 2310 is good enough; you should STOP there. Assuming you have everything else, I got into Duke with a 2210! You’ll be fine.</p>
<p>My admissions goal was 2250 (told myself once I hit that, I’d be fine). I’ll be applying to Duke which has score choice, but schools like Penn and Cornell don’t. I take it that they won’t frown upon taking the test three times considering that there has been an overall increase of 360 points…</p>
<p>My rule of thumb is that 3 is the max for non-Score Choice schools. No data, just gut feeling ;).</p>
<p>I agree with everyone on here that 3 is definitely reasonable, especially if you’re improving. More than that is overkill.</p>
<p>I took it 3 times ( ended going from 1930 to 2260) and still got into cornell and carnegie mellon. 3 is probably the limit. Any more will be suspicious and may hurt you.</p>
<p>First of all taking the SAT really kills your quality of life right now. Think of all the other things you could be doing. Three time max – after that any more progress will be incidental. If you are dead set on taking more tests, I would actually focus on the ACT. My kid was mediocre on the SAT and did awesome on the ACT. Many schools take both and a lot prefer the ACT.</p>
<p>I took the SAT four times and ended up okay. 
Also, I don’t believe schools don’t prefer one test over the other.</p>