<p>Can most people count on SAT scores going up every time they take the test? Or do most kids find that what they get is what they get? (maybe they go up 30 or 40 pts) Or (3rd scenario here) do the stars align right sometimes and you may get a high score once but never again…</p>
<p>All of the scenarios can be true. Generally though I’d expect the second time to be a better score but taking it more times will yield diminishing returns. E.g. the difference between the first and second tries may average an increase of 40 points, the difference between second and third may average an increase of only 10, etc. Of course those are all averages. It depends on you and the tests.</p>
<p>I’ve taken 5 SAT’s so far, and my first SAT was like a 1490. My second SAT was my best ever, and had my highest scores for every subject out of all of my SAT’s. It was the same as my superscore, which is a 1570. That’s an 80 point improvement. All three SAT’s I took after that, I scored lower and lower. I have never studied or taken a class for the SAT, and I regret it. One of my teacher’s kids could only score a 1600 on his SAT, and they paid $800 for a two-week, absolutely brutal SAT class, and he scored an 1800 on his next SAT.</p>
<p>if you study, you should get a score increase. Increased mine from 1980 to 2330 with only 5 weeks of studying.</p>
<p>Thank you…interesting insights.</p>
<p>The higher the score the harder it is to improve. A lot of people have found out the hard way that scores are not guaranteed to increase with time and study.</p>
<p>For some people the score goes up and for some it drops. If it went up for everyone then there would be no need for schools to ever have to super score the sat</p>