Taking the SAT too many times

gibby
Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:36:08 +0000

^^ No, there’s absolutely no harm whatsoever – and BTW, that’s the way it should be!

Students who take the SAT multiple times are either: (1) Desperately trying to make a better score (even by 50 points), in the belief that a higher score will give them some sort of leg-up in the admissions process. Unfortunately, admissions to top college its not a meritocracy – better scores do not nessassarily equate with getting the fat envelope. Or (2) like the OP, they are trying to obtain a score that would get them into a college’s specific range.

If your son is a NM semi-finalist and is happy with his score, then let it go. There are more imortant parts of the application for him to concentrate on – specifically the essays!