PSAT, PSAT2, SAT, SAT If you didn't made it, SAT 'till you make it?

Test Preparation
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<p>Thanks to everyone out there who is willing to collaborate with this topic, I would appreciate all your answers and help with this. I am an international student who graduated from a local high school, meaning that I did not attend an American or otherwise international high school in my country, so PSATs, SATs and others where not familiar to me, until weeks from my graduation on Dec 2012, when I finished my military service and decided to apply to engineering colleges in the US. </p>

<p>I am retaking the SAT this May 4, which is the closest date the College Board offers SATs in my country. The first time I took SAT 1, I didn’t know what to expect, and poorly scored 1480. So I am retaking it again, to rise my scores and apply to good engineering programs. </p>

<p>My question is: Do the people from the admission offices will take this into account? I DO NOT MEAN TO BE RUDE OR TO OFFEND ANYONE of you guys, but, as the tittle say: Before you graduate from high school, you have many chances to improve your scores, and this as part of your school work. You get prepared since you are sophomores, so when the big day approaches you know what to expect, and if you didn’t score as you have wished to do so, you still have chances to improve, while in high school…</p>

<p>As I mentioned before, I apologize If this sound rude, but as an international, it is always harder to get familiar with all this.</p>

<p>Thanks again, good luck </p>

<p>sincerly, J.P</p>

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<p>First of all, you can forget about PSAT as an international student particularly those have passed 11th grade. It serves no purpose for you at all. Second, you should be well prepared (i.e. at least try some practice test) before taking the SAT. Simply retaking it would not get you much better. In addition, it will look bad if you take it too many times. I am sorry to say that but it seems you have a long way to be accepted into any good engineering program.</p>