Serious question - should junior retake 1540 SAT

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Anonymous wrote:I hope your kid likes math because otherwise this kind of pushing (BC calc in 10th grade, suggesting a retake of a 760 math score) is honestly abusive parenting.

I took AB Calc in 11th, as opposed to BC calc in 10th, and got an 800 on my math, lol. What was your kid smoking that morning

[Anonymous]

OP, you have your answer. It will make no difference in college admissions which is the only reason to retake the test.

[Anonymous]

What is their GPA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you have your answer. It will make no difference in college admissions which is the only reason to retake the test.

I’d say it may ver likely make a difference to have a higher score, of course, depending on which schools they apply to.

[Anonymous]

It’s interesting everyone assumes the OP is a mother and the kid is a boy

Is it wrong to be a Tiger mom but not a Tiger dad?

[Anonymous]

No. move on.

[Anonymous]

My kid probably would because of the potential for super-scoring. Chances are that one of the numbers goes up by 10 points next time so superscore would be 1550.

[Anonymous]

Naw, bruh

[Anonymous]

This is why universities will get rid of SATs. They want to be able to choose the students they want, not just those who keep repeating the test until perfect.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think having more time to mature is going to help. They are in multivariable calc and it’s more that some of the math (like geometry) is from a long time ago and hasn’t really resurfaced much. They did get a 5 on the AP BC calc exam last year


I think it probably makes sense to try again just because an extra 20 points might matter in CS, even though it wouldn’t matter elsewhere …[/quote

A kid who got a 5 on BC calculus as a sophomore should not be spending any more time proving that the kid can handle math.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why universities will get rid of SATs. They want to be able to choose the students they want, not just those who keep repeating the test until perfect.

+1

[Anonymous]

my daughter got 1570. She is a junior, and it was her first SAT. We are all happy about her score; she has decided to cancel her next SAT to focus on her school GPA.

Does she need to take the ACT on December 9th?

She is aiming at UVA (in-state) and above.

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Anonymous wrote:I remember reading somewhere that a highly selective school in the SF Bay area looked down on 1600. Their point was that putting time into something that is known to have limited value brings up the question - are focusing on the wrong things?

Huh? You think it’s impossible for them to score high without a lot of prep? Dumb people have very limited world views and tend to brainwash themselves with whatever they’ve heard.

If kids get 1600 the first time: great.

If kids get 1540 the first time, as juniors, without tons of prep: also great.

But what the kid who gets the 1540 the first time has to see is that a kid with a 1540 and a 5 on Calc BC as a sophomore is clearly going to get into a college that will prepare the kid well to do great things, whether that’s Harvard or UVa.

The real struggle is finding a worthy fight where the kid can make a difference.

How can the kid find a dissertation topic that will lead to research that will matter? What can the kid do about climate change, conflict or COVID, or just figuring out how to help agemates bounce back from COVID disruption and become productive citizens?

Squandering energy and intelligence that could be used on important work to try to get 60 more points on the SATs is really a terrible waste of resources.

Maybe the colleges are to blame for that more than the kids and families, but kids have to try to resist the pressure to live for a test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember reading somewhere that a highly selective school in the SF Bay area looked down on 1600. Their point was that putting time into something that is known to have limited value brings up the question - are focusing on the wrong things?

Huh? You think it’s impossible for them to score high without a lot of prep? Dumb people have very limited world views and tend to brainwash themselves with whatever they’ve heard.

If kids get 1600 the first time: great.

If kids get 1540 the first time, as juniors, without tons of prep: also great.

But what the kid who gets the 1540 the first time has to see is that a kid with a 1540 and a 5 on Calc BC as a sophomore is clearly going to get into a college that will prepare the kid well to do great things, whether that’s Harvard or UVa.

The real struggle is finding a worthy fight where the kid can make a difference.

How can the kid find a dissertation topic that will lead to research that will matter? What can the kid do about climate change, conflict or COVID, or just figuring out how to help agemates bounce back from COVID disruption and become productive citizens?

Squandering energy and intelligence that could be used on important work to try to get 60 more points on the SATs is really a terrible waste of resources.

Maybe the colleges are to blame for that more than the kids and families, but kids have to try to resist the pressure to live for a test.

Who are you do tell people which college they should go to? And just be mindful that your worthy fight isn't necessary worthy to others. For example, you may value social experiments that lead to exponentially higher crime rates while others may value safety. You have no business with imposing your own (and often wrong) ideas into others.

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How many times do most kids take the SAT and / or ACT? Do most do at least :2 standardized test sittings ?