<p>I’ve takent eh SAT twice as of now, and I didn’t really want to take it a 3rd time. I’ve actually heard that a 3rd SAT is borderline and some (top) schools look down upon it.</p>
<p>Here are my scores:
November 2006: 1310/1990 (CR:600, M:710, W:680)
January (I think) 2007: 1410/2060 (CR:650, M:760, W:650)
Superscore: 1410/2090</p>
<p>I know these are good scores, but they’re not enough for Ivy League-calibur schools. My ideal (super)score is 1500/2200.</p>
<p>Should I try it for a 3rd time after a summer of self-prep? Or should I just try taking the ACT (with a summer of prep)?</p>
<p>Try the ACT. I knew I should have taken the ACT and never tried the SAT, but my scores for the March SAT were garbage even though my practice test scores were good.</p>
<p>I feel more comfortable with the ACT, and you should try it instead since you’ve taken the SAT twice already. I feel so confident about the ACT that I think I can bang it out with a score of 32+ in June.</p>
<p>If I take the ACT and get a good score, would my sub-par SAT score (for the schools I want to go to) detract from it? What would it say about me?</p>
<p>Don’t rely on your SAT, then. I’m not going to rely on my SAT at all to try and get into Cornell University, which is where I want to go. </p>
<p>Remember, even Harvard admitted in a New York Times interview that they don’t care if students take the SAT or ACT. Basically, every school considers them to be equal. </p>
<p>Colleges won’t care about your SAT score; don’t rely at all on it.</p>
<p>tux, out of all honestly, don’t you think that the SAT/ACT holds any weight? I’m going to admit, there’s nothing special about me (very high GPA, lots of APs, community service, clubs (and a few leadership spots, and good-great recs) that top tier school haven’t seen. My only hook may be that I’ll know, proficiency at the very least, 5 languages (hopefully 6 if I have time to self-study) by the end of graduation.</p>
<p>Wouldn’t I be dead weight and out for the count if there’s hundreds of applicants with the same basic stuff with higher SAT/ACT grades?</p>