Princess'Dad

Silverturtle.
They may "tell you" it is ok, but if you know the Dean of Admission, ask him/her. 2 - 3 times is preferred.

jyhan. Take the ACT with writing and cancel the Dec. It is possible, but unlikely, that you will do significantly better.

jyhan1001

okay I'll do that. Thanks for your input.
So do I have to call collegeboard to cancel?
I could NOT figure out how to cancel the registration...what the heck.

jamesford

There is no evidence to suggest that you'd be looked down upon for taking it more than 3 times. Admissions officers just say that you should try to limit yourself to 3 tries because students generally plateau at that point, and also they want kids to focus on stuff other than scores.

It will look bad if the native tries to use the language test to fulfill one of the subject test requirements.

Kabobi

Exactly in the same boat as OP except I had a 800 W not math. Decided to take ACT in Dec and not SAT for 4th time.

misterwang

""Adcoms read hundreds of applications I do not think they consider a 690 to be any better or worse than a 700."

The psychological divide between a 690 and a 700 should not be underestimated. "



Subconscious discernment between $1.99 and $2.00 is the driving force of economics

austriangirl

monstor344 hey, does that apply to all unis?? im a native german speaker and was thinking of adding german with listening to world hs and latin. do you think that would be ok for the ivies??

Ren the SAT'er

hey, don't cancel ur dec SAT. It doesn't hurt to take it 4 times. In fact, i took it 4 times. It's not going to hurt your chances.

about the 800 in korean, while I agree that it doesn't look good to use it to fulfill a requirement, it certainly is quite useful to have it in ur app. So send it anyway, but use other subjects to fulfill the reqs.

junho0716

By the way,,,, if you take it more than three times,,, superscore policy won't be applied to your tests...

sweetdreamzzz

I think you should send in your 800 on korean because some people don't even get 800s even if it is their native language...

i wouldn't retake the SAT... take the ACT? the English section is much easier... but Reading is a little harder because of timing. Math is wayyy easier though so if you got 800 on SAT math, you'll prob. get 36 on math =)

good luck deciding

Lotek21

many college admissions reps told me actually that the more SAT's you take, shows your commitment to perfection. thats what colleges love to see in a students attitude.

monstor344

Perhaps I should re-emphasize. As a requirement fulfillment, I would not use the 800 Korean score, but as a supplement after you've fulfilled the subject test requirement for other subjects, absolutely I would send it.

prmdi

my sat tutor recommends that people take the act if they don't get what they want after 3 tries. usually. he may just be referring to people with <2000 scores.

jyhan1001

Hmmm....maybe I should take the test then..?