<p>Do any of you parents know if a student taking the SAT for the first time in the fall of thier junior year might expect an increase after having taking the test for the third time in the fall of thier senior year. The plan was to take it twice in junior year and once in the fall of senior year hoping for an upward trend from the low 600’s math/verbal. Can an increase be expected in the third sitting and if so, how much, (ballpark) vs. the very first sitting. I’ve heard things flat-line after the third sitting. Did you parents see upward trends with each sitting, over the first three sittings???</p>
<p>My D took it three times Junior year. She saw a slight upturn in math (20 points), a BIG increase in Writing (100 points) and a small downturn in CR (10 points) between the first and third sitting.</p>
<p>The experience of my sons indicates that total M/V goes up by about 100 points for each extra year of schooling:</p>
<p>Son #2:
7th grade SAT - 1170 (took it as part of the Duke TIP program)
9th grade PSAT - 1370
10th grade SAT (took it last month) - 1480</p>
<p>Son #1:
mid-10th grade SAT - 1290
mid-11th grade SAT - 1390
end of 11th grade SAT - 1500 (750 on each part)
Fall 12th grade SAT - 1480</p>
<p>So maybe the third time’s the charm, and scores tend to level off after the third attempt. But although his total score went down after his 3rd attempt, S #1 got his highest verbal score in that 4th sitting (his highest math was when he got the 1390), so his total combined score, taking the highest for each part, was over 1500 which was his goal.</p>
<p>So I think taking it 3 times is a good strategy. With each try, you have more SAT experience and school learning under your belt. Good luck!</p>
<p>My son’s SATs went up substantially from 7th grade, but all of 10 points from junior year to senior year. I had the same experience many moons ago. Of course he (and I) never did much studying. If you are trying to improve a specific section, I’d practice a lot. I wouldn’t count on the extra year of schooling resulting in a higher score.</p>
<p>My S had a 70 point increase in Math from spring of Junior year to fall of Senior year, and a negligible 10 point increase in Verbal over that time.</p>
<p>He is one of those kids who is a <em>much</em> stronger student than his SAT scores showed, so he wanted to get them up. He did SAT prep over the summer and was more focused on the verbal than the math (I thought). He is a math/science kid … so it’s hard to know if the difference was the prep, the passage of time (not too much additional coursework between spring and fall test dates) or what. </p>
<p>He was also not “religious” about following the test prep guy’s recommendations (eg, read The Economist and The New Yorker a lot). So, I think if you want to see a big increase, do the work. Just a guess of course.</p>
<p>Never having heard of the xiggi method before DS was doing the testing, that would be my idea of what to do had I known of it.</p>
<p>PS - He broke the 700-mark with that last Math score, but stayed low 600s with the Verbal.</p>