<p>Hello all </p>
<p>First time i took the SAT i scored really horrible ( 540 M , 320 V ) and I boosted that to ( 800 M 
, 690 V 
) in one year. </p>
<p>how would colleges look at the previous score ? will they average it or just look at the new one ?</p>
<p>Wowzers! Fist of all, congrats on the enormous score jump! Something like this is unprecedented, and you should pat yourself on the back. :)</p>
<p>Colleges generally only look at the best scores. Let’s hope they won’t get too suspicious about the 630-point leap and think someone else took it for you (or that you were high when you took it the first time, jk, jk).</p>
<p>If you don’t mind telling, how did you score so low the first time and how did you improve so dramatically?</p>
<p>yes, id like to know as well, i really need to improve my verbal score</p>
<p>Well the first time i took it, i did sooooo well on math and expected an 800 but dunno how it flew down to 540 … I ordered the Q and A service , but i was a fee waiver and my school didnt allow me to see it.</p>
<p>Anyways , about the verbal, its the most thing that made me mature and look at life in a diffrent way , like u know i was excellent at school for 11 years and was overtop in my whole class and suddenly I fail in that way … i spent the whole year studying english , and i actually spent my whole life studying it " never had english at school" only ( abc ) in the kindergarten, duh ! so, first i memorized the whole SAT word list and went to the bookcase and bought like 50 books and finished one each two days … then with intensive practise and buying each test online with the 10 real SATs and I practised from hmmm " Develop you reading skills" my cousin’s book who studies literature at the university … that one really helped.</p>
<p>So all in all u have to work on yourself … and it differs from one person to another … read alot and thats it </p>
<p>Good luck anyways ! </p>
<p>Let’s hope they won’t get too suspicious about the 630-point leap and think someone else took it for you </p>
<p>HAHA ! i wish so … </p>
<p>and is it real that this boost in scores is considered as something good ! i’ve never expected this …</p>
<p>but 690 aint that good score i will retake and aim for at least 730</p>
<p>am confused ! do i have to bother and retake ? </p>
<p>i think i wont go to the states or anywhere … will stay buried in this goddamned country</p>
<p>Duh … the forum is toooo crowded that no time to help eachother… why all of those new threads </p>
<p>!!</p>
<p>colleges will discard your old score</p>