<p>so the general consensus is that, despite colleges saying they only look at the highest score for a given standardized test, too many retakes is a negative</p>
<p>my question is sorta related to the flip side of that. do your test scores get seen in a more positive light if you’ve taken them only once? because it seems like your first attempt, without the extra tutoring and kaplan books, is the most “pure” reflection of your abilities…</p>
<p>No. One could have studied extensively before his or her first try.</p>
<p>College admission committees shouldn’t be stupid enough to think that there is anything more “pure” about a sole submitted score because </p>
<p>1) thousands of students take the admission tests as middle-schoolers </p>
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<p>but those scores are removed from College Board records of scores by default before ninth grade, unless the student actively requests keeping the scores, </p>
<p>and </p>
<p>2) some number of students cancel scores after sitting for a test, </p>
<p>and, as already stated in the first reply, </p>
<p>3) anyone can practice as much as he or she wants before taking the test. </p>
<p>And if multiple tests submitted are supposedly a negative, which is not the universal statement of college admission officers, </p>
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<p>by how much is it a negative? If you could raise your score on the SAT I, say, by 100 points through a retake, would you avoid the retake?</p>