<p>Agreed, my daughter took the SAT for fourth time in October, thought she did well, and then her super-score (2170) did not go up on any of the sections. Per her wishes, she is done with the SAT, but my advice to others is to take it again in November. </p>
<p>Also, for juniors and sophomores thinking about the SAT, I strongly recommend talking it in June (after taking it at least once before that). All of my kids did this and experienced their biggest jumps in June, including one son who jumped form 2120 to 2290 and another who jumped from 1880 to 2130. The SAT is graded based on a curve and thus scores depend on who takes the tests. I suspect fewer top students take the SAT in June as most take it in May and then figure they can re-take the following school year.</p>