Would a 500 points increase in the SAT be a hook?

Applying to College
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<p>Let?s say Mr. X is a potential 2400 student. However, he?s a bit ■■■■■■■■ and decides to try something crazy.</p>

<p>For his first attempt on the SAT, instead of using his brain, he purposely used his left foot to think and got a 1700. And for his second attempt, he figured that his right foot was a bit smarter and decided to use it and got a 1900. Finally, he did his final SAT with his full potential and made a 2350.</p>

<p>How would the admission officer view an increase from 1700 to a 1900 to a 2350? Would they be impressed by how this kid improved his SAT dramatically in a short period of time?</p>

<p>In another words, if a really smart kid decides to purposely screw his first SAT and does a bit better on his second(to make his plan less obvious) and finally does his best on the last test, will this be a good tactic?(considering that money isn’t a problem)</p>

<p>just wondering…</p>

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<p>He should just try to aim for that 2400 the first time around.</p>

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<p>That just sounds like a foolish idea…getting 2400 is hook enough…that increase is just suspicious</p>

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<p>LOL…what’s the hook? overcoming the intelligence barrier?</p>

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<p>Though I gotta say there have been worse, this attempt at using a “hook” seems pretty idiotic for someone who could get a 2400 on the SAT…</p>

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<p>yeah, that’s a really stupid idea. No hook there, just a confused/concerned admissions rep. Take the test straight up.</p>

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<p>i improved from 21, 30, 30 , 35. </p>

<p>Is that a hook?</p>

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<p>I would say that’s just a product of good test preparation. If that’s a hook…then, yep.</p>

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<p>(10 characters) LOL</p>

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<p>Such a large increase in the SAT scores might get you investigated by ETS.</p>

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<p>They’ll probably just figure you’re some geek who studied for the SAT 24/7 to increase his/her score.</p>

<p>NOT a hook…</p>

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<p>it’s always better to do it first time… instead of having to “seem” like you tried and tried and tried and finally succeeded on the third time…
you know what I’m saying?
It’s like how many times does this kid have to try before he gets a “good” result? Cause when you get to college, I highly doubt you get unlimited shots.</p>

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<p>it’s not bad to study for SAT .</p>

<p>as long as you’re balanced on the outside</p>

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<p>well i personally went from 1600 to 1940, which i think is a decent improvement</p>

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<p>this reminds me of “The Perfect Score”</p>

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<p>shawn… that is decent… but you didn’t try to pull a 1600 on the first one did you?</p>

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<p>as it turns out actually, it was a good admissions essay anecdote. my first SAT date was the night after a lock-in at my EC that i’ve spent 400 hours at, my youth group. my mom was insistent that i get home early from the overnight lock-in, but i just couldn’t do that, i was way too into it as the night went on . so i stayed the night and spent the night hanging with the kids and getting zero sleep. come test time i had 2 hours of sleep. and well, it shows.</p>

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<p>I don’t think it’d be a hook (people would purposefully suck, then do better).</p>

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<p>When I was visiting, an admissions officer said that he just recorded the ‘super score’ and moved on. He ‘didn’t care’ if you took it 4 times and increased your score.</p>

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<p>smart kids don’t do that. they just get the test over with and impress the admission officers with other stuff. plus, sat costs a lot… and it’s terribly long… if you take it three times, it’s 12 hours!</p>