How often and when to start taking SAT?

INVENIAMVIAM
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:18:31 +0000

Lolol I was hoping to get flamed for that moron comment -



To both Arachnotron and Inveniamviam,

Why would taking the SAT more than twice make somebody a “moron”?

People can take the SAT’s as many times as they want. And how about if somebody takes it, cancels it, and takes it again? Does that make him/her a moron?

Since the CB has a policy of being able to cancel your scores and since colleges realize people study more than others, the number of times the SAT is taken is not representative of anything. Colleges take your best score and that’s it. That being said, this is not to say that you shouldn’t take your current/upcoming SAT seriously.

So basically, to Arachnotron’s and Inveniamviam, taking the SAT more than once or twice makes somebody a moron? Even if the number of times the SAT is taken is held with no significance whatsoever?

I know plenty of people who have taken the SAT 4 or more times to achieve a high 2380/2400 score. They are definitely not morons.

Evidently, both of you have shown that you do not know what you are talking about.



Yes, if someone cancels their scores and redoes it to try and look like they are “smarter” by getting a higher SAT score, I think they’re a moron. And this “Colleges take your best score and that’s it.” is not true. SOME colleges have this policy. But as of my graduating class, colleges can still see how many times you’ve taken the SAT and all of your scores - Yes, it’s mildly impressive to be able to work your way up to a 2300+, but if the colleges see that you actually got 1800, 2000, 2200, 2350 - how is that impressive? Wow, the student can take SAT prep tests? Wow, they must be, um, really dedicated? Cool, SAT scores totally represent knowledge and ability to succeed in college? No. SAT scores show how well you can perform on the SAT, not in real life, not in college - no matter what they’re supposed to represent. College is not like the SATs. If someone can take the SAT once and get a great score, then great! They’re good at the type of things tested on the SAT. If someone takes the SAT once and gets a fair score, then, well, that really only shows that they’re either not so hot at either standardized testing [which personally I believe is a verrrry strange excuse] or at the things tested on the SAT. Oh no! If you got a “bad” SAT score - shouldn’t you take it again?! Surely you’ll be denied by your dream school if your SAT isn’t good enough! If it isn’t perfect! Oh no! Okay, colleges know that SAT scores don’t mean, really, that much at all. If you improve your SAT score by too much [I mean, if you improve it by a number that’s more that could reasonably be naturally improved - like by actual gained knowledge, etc.] [meaning that you studied the TYPE of test that it is, figuring out the questions, etc etc etc which actually doesn’t even really help you in the grand scheme of things], it basically proves that you only improved your knowledge of the test itself, which basically cheats the system.
Yeah, if you have a bad day, sick day, etc., and you end up doing more poorly than you would have liked - FINE! Take the test again! I’m not saying that that makes you a moron.