comments on: should i retake the sat? - 加拿大vs摩洛哥欧赔 //www.catharsisit.com/hs/sat/should-i-retake-the-sat/ act, sat, college admissions, life wed, 06 jan 2021 22:33:55 +0000 hourly 1 by: lucas //www.catharsisit.com/hs/sat/should-i-retake-the-sat/#comment-587 tue, 03 feb 2015 22:32:43 +0000 //www.catharsisit.com/sat/?p=2798#comment-587 in reply to ibii.

don’t be too concerned about that! you’re right that there’s a possibility that if your score increases very drastically, the college board will withhold your scores until they can investigate the possibility of cheating, but that happens very rarely. if it does happen to you, then you may want to take the test one final, third time to prove your ability. but really, if you’re not planning on cheating (please don’t!) then don’t worry about that. 🙂

]]> by: ibii //www.catharsisit.com/hs/sat/should-i-retake-the-sat/#comment-586 tue, 03 feb 2015 13:50:38 +0000 //www.catharsisit.com/sat/?p=2798#comment-586 hi. well i gave sat in december and got 1320. i know that’s too less. i skipped many questions, didn’t made any educated guesses and left many questions in cr as i was feeling so tired. i didn’t practised much as i never gave any mock test in a given time. i didn’t expected it will go too bad 🙁
well now i am planning to give it again in june. i have been practising really hard for past month. my maths score from 480 (on real sat) raised to 640 (on practise tests according to the latest) and i am sure that it will increase till i give it again in june!
but what bothers me is that about the cheating which college board could accuse if i improved way too much on sat. i am giving sat (2nd attempt) from india (new country). will it matter much?

]]> by: lucas //www.catharsisit.com/hs/sat/should-i-retake-the-sat/#comment-585 tue, 18 nov 2014 21:23:53 +0000 //www.catharsisit.com/sat/?p=2798#comment-585 in reply to hari narayanan.

congratulations to your son! that’s a really outstanding score. he’s right that he has no need to retake the sat with that score. that’s high for even the most competitive schools in the u.s. perfect scores are incredibly rare, and are definitely not expected.

most students take the test at the end of junior year (spring) and at the start of senior year (fall), but the most important thing is that scores are submitted before the admissions deadlines. since your son has such a high score now, i’d advise spending time and energy on other aspects of his application.

if he does decide to take the test again in an attempt to hit a perfect score, he should focus on all three parts of the test. it’s not possible to take just the math section of the sat, and ignoring the other sections in one test session looks bad in applications. if you mean that he is considering taking the math 2 sat subject test, i think that’s a great idea. it sounds like he is gifted in mathematics, and if he is comfortable with trigonometry and precalculus, then that subject test is a great way to further show his abilities.

]]> by: hari narayanan //www.catharsisit.com/hs/sat/should-i-retake-the-sat/#comment-584 tue, 18 nov 2014 16:22:44 +0000 //www.catharsisit.com/sat/?p=2798#comment-584 interesting read.

my son took sat for the first time in oct, 2014 (his junior year) and got 2360. he is not too keen on retaking it and wants to focus on his aps. to cover his less than perfect math score, he wants to do just sat math. do you think he is right in his thinking? also, do colleges require sat scores from end of junior year or senior year?

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