01-30-2012, 08:59 PM
Bad test scores have become so much of a dealbreaker that it's just worth it to go ahead and show that you can get that high score at least once. Some schools say they'll look at your highest component scores out of all your attempts (which they still see). The stigma of multiple testing opportunities died some time ago, I think. I took the Duke TIP SAT in 7th grade (which is unofficial), the PSAT, and then the SAT twice. I stood on my second SAT score (jr yr?), which was 120 pts higher (old 1600 scale) than my first one. My first real SAT (soph yr) was 250 pts higher than my 7th grade score. There's definitely a benefit to repeated exposure and practice (lots of focused practice).
No, I'm not answering any more questions about my actual score :p Yeesh. On the other hand, the familiarity with questions and test-taking skills carried over well for the GRE, which I didn't spend much time studying for. (And when my GRE score came back lower than my SAT score, I knew why--but it was still good enough.)
No, I'm not answering any more questions about my actual score :p Yeesh. On the other hand, the familiarity with questions and test-taking skills carried over well for the GRE, which I didn't spend much time studying for. (And when my GRE score came back lower than my SAT score, I knew why--but it was still good enough.)