QuantumArbiter

I've taken the SAT 2 times...and my one sitting score is 2190..super scored its 2240.

Is it bad to report both sets of scores?

molliebatmit

No. MIT will use only the set of your scores that contains your best performance on each section. They do not keep track of the number of times you took the SAT.

kemcab

Unless you take it seven times or so, why should taking it more than once be bad?

neuron39

Definitely send both sets of scores. MIT will superscore (to your benefit). No one takes this test just once, unless they've scored 2400.

dementedwombat

Not true. I took it once and got a 2140; Then I took the ACT and got a 34. I'm relatively content. I did the best I can see myself doing.

Not saying that's the right thing to do, just pointing out that saying no one takes them just once is rather a generalization.

djgemma

I believe the difference in your scores would also be considered i.e. you ability to take up challenges.

CalAlum

My daughter took the SAT only once and scored 2250. She refused to take it again; she didn't see the point. She was admitted Early Action to MIT in the fall of 2006. (She was also admitted to Yale, Stanford, Duke, Berkeley, etc., but MIT was her top choice.)

I think there's an overemphasis on the importance of SAT scores on these boards. You simply need to demonstrate that you can handle the workload; other factors in your application are more important.

CalAlum

P.S. An ACT composite score of 34 places a student in the top 99%ile of college-bound students, so there is no reason to re-take any test after scoring that high.

k4r3n2

I got a 35 ACT on my first sitting. My parents asked me if I wanted to take it again. I laughed.

Djokovic

@k4r3n2

I would laugh too

PiperXP

@Karen

Hah.

k4r3n2

er, to clarify, I laughed because I thought that it was so ridiculous that my parents would think that I would pick taking another standardized test over sleeping on a Saturday morning, especially since there actually isn't a statistically significant difference between a 35 and a 36.

Djokovic

@k4r3n2

I know what you were saying.

I had friends who scored 36 on everything except a 32 on Reading with a composite of 35 whose parents wanted him to take it AGAIN because of the 32 in Reading.