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07-08-2008, 06:04 PM
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#16 | | Senior Member
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| They get them, yes. But, honestly, it doesn't matter how many times you take it. Usually admissions officers are given your best scores and never see your others anyway. Even if they did, it wouldn't matter.
So if the only source of your trepidation is "will taking the test 3 times hurt me", then by all means retake. It won't hurt you. | 
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07-08-2008, 08:13 PM
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#17 | | Junior Member
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| But I took it once in freshman year as well when I was a retarded freshman.. so this would be my 4th time if I took it again in October.  Are you sure they won't look too closely at a stupid mistake like taking it before your junior year? | |
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07-09-2008, 12:28 AM
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#18 | | Junior Member
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| Just gonna bump this. | |
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07-09-2008, 01:45 AM
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#19 | | Senior Member
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| No, it's not a big deal. Just take it again if you feel you can do better. Do you really think admissions officers give a damn how many times you take it? The only reason they suggest to take it only twice is due to "diminishing returns", but if you can improve drastically on a fourth take, then by all means do so. A 2300 on your fourth try is better than a 2180 on your third. | |
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07-09-2008, 11:07 AM
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#20 | | Junior Member
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| Ok. Thanks for the advice, man! | |
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07-11-2008, 01:24 PM
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#21 | | Junior Member
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| Hey just wondering, Ashraf, are you already in college? | |
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07-11-2008, 01:55 PM
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#22 | | Member
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| I would say that it depends largely upon your college aspirations, and your surety of improvement, but then again I might not be the best source of adive, given my own "should I retake" thread... | |
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07-11-2008, 05:55 PM
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#23 | | Junior Member
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| Wait, if you took the SAT freshman year, then it counts as an official "take" to colleges?
Oh crap... | |
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07-11-2008, 06:04 PM
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#24 | | Member
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| ^yup.. 10 char | |
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07-11-2008, 06:24 PM
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#25 | | Senior Member
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| I'm not in college, but I've gone on several college visits. And I made sure to ask that question specifically. No college "averages" (the horror-myth) and most simply just look at your best scores in each section (although some look at best single-sitting). To them, the number of times you've taken it doesn't matter.
If you had this score progression:
1560 -> 1720 -> 1990 -> 2170 -> 2390
It'd look no worse than:
2380->2390 | |
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07-11-2008, 06:46 PM
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#26 | | Junior Member
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| My score progression was 1890 -> 1950 -> 2090 -> 2180. | |
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07-11-2008, 10:25 PM
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#27 | | Senior Member
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| Well, yeah, I was just giving an example. I think if you took it again and scored, say, a 2250 or a 2300, your chances at the schools you mentioned in the other thread would go up quite a bit. | |
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