SAT Retaking?

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<p>Just a question: For international students, I assume it would be much more difficult to get accepted into an Ivy - hence I would like to ask if anyone has any concrete knowledge of how many retries is considered going overboard?</p>

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<p>Argh, I just came across another thread which answered my question. I can’t delete this thread :S</p>

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<p>I have the same question Kashiva. Could you link me up to that thread?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I don’t know what thread he is referring to, but here’s a post to answer that question: </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=4198038&postcount=1[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=4198038&postcount=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Now that I received response from a few colleges I asked, hopefully this will help the thread maker in retaking the SAT if the results aren’t satisfactory. I’ll be taking it my fourth time this December.</p>

<p>JHU: “We will look at your highest SAT score and go from there. … We will look at your highest SAT score and go from there.”</p>

<p>UPenn: “Taking the SAT four times will have no effect on the decision an admission officer makes.”</p>

<p>Cornell: “Taking the test a number of times does suggest an emphasis on test scores over other very important factor in our decisions. … However, if you think you know some of the material in question better at this point you should go through with plans to take them again. … Keep in mind also, that if English is not your second language, you should take TOEFL or IELTS and these will be used as we asses critical reading and writing test scores and skills.”</p>

<p>It seems safe to come to a conclusion that a fourth SAT take is not too different to a third. When you’re happy, submit it and the colleges should be impressed. But as the officer from Cornell said, SATs aren’t everything.</p>