<p>theskylitup, I agree. I went from a 200 PSAT to a 2190 first time and 2400 second. Generalizations don’t help, nor can one of us speak for an entire group. I kind of like categorizing things like that, but I do understand that exceptions exist. And I only took about 8 practice tests. Frantic retaking isn’t a good idea, nor would it seem to make sense for schools like Yale. In general, though, silverturtle’s right. It requires intelligence and luck. It’s a phemonemon we can’t easily quantify (though, ironically, 2400 is a number) and that’s as far as it goes.</p>