Not sure where this belongs? I know you can take the sats more than once but there is some doubt weather or not all scores are seen or just the highest.
Also does it go against you if you take it more than once?
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Take SAT's until you get the score you want. There is no penalty for taking them more than once. In fact, I believe that the scores reported are the highest score which you receive on any section on any date.
What Eagle says is true; you can retake as many times as you want, and the highest score you receive on any individual section will be the one that shows on your report. Good Luck!
SAT reports the score of every test taken. Most private colleges tkae the best score from each section and give you credit for the theoretical maximum total score. Public schools vary, and most use the best available total score.
ACT only reports the scores you want them to report.
It really doesn't hurt to retake the tests until you get a score that you believe is accurate for your son.
ACT only reports the scores you want them to report.
It really doesn't hurt to retake the tests until you get a score that you believe is accurate for your son.
COlleges handle this in various ways. The NCAA uses SAT and ACT scores to determine if a player is a qualifier and for determining if a player is eligible for exempt academic aid. If a player submits multiple scores, the NCAA uses the best score achieved on each section of the test regardless of when the test was taken. For example, the math score could be from the fall and the reading score from a test taken in the spring.
One minor tweak - starting next year, the SATs will be like the ACTs - you will be able to select which score or scores you want to send. I think, but don't know for sure, that you will have to send all of the scores from a single sitting.
Unfortunately some schools do not allow you to submit a "superscore" composed of your best results from each time you took the test. My son's school of choice asks for the best "sitting" - the test he scored the best on overall...
NAIA requires your scores to be from one sitting.
lefty46,
consider taking the ACT or ACT Plus Writing. your score on it might just turn out to be a higher than the equivalent SAT.
visit the website at actstudent.org
consider taking the ACT or ACT Plus Writing. your score on it might just turn out to be a higher than the equivalent SAT.
visit the website at actstudent.org
Take a look at the thred called "grades, when is it too late" under the Recruiting Questions section. Lots of discussion about this same topic there.