SAT MANY times

Mamelot
Mon, 28 Mar 2016 13:29:50 +0000

Your friend had several valid reasons for retaking the SAT and started as a freshman. As long as he explains why he has five sets of scores he should be fine. ADCOMS realize that there are many reasons to be taking a test multiple times. An applicant who took five SAT’s over a period of three years in order to be admitted to selective early college programs is very different from an applicant who took five SAT’s between sophomore and senior year simply to raise the superscore. The first student has a story, the second one doesn’t. Obviously ADCOM’s will figure out what’s going on as well.

Taking the test once as a junior demonstrates that your friend considered the “for reals” test as a “one and done” to be taken at the appropriate time - good thinking on his part. Colleges should respect that mature attitude.

Good luck to him!