Would you recommend child take SAT again w/ this score (aiming relatively high with colleges)?

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I agree with you. But how is taking a test twice make one a professional test taker? In fact, most prep courses recommend taking a test twice for super scoring purposes. As PP stated, you don’t get extra points for scoring 1550 in one sitting if a school superscores.

Again, for superscoring schools, by all means, retake the exam. For top tier schools (Ivy, MIT, and Stanford), retaking a 34 will make the applicant somewhat one dimensional - particularly when there are thousands of single sitting 35s and 36s in the applicant pool. From admission standpoint, they are in the same "read" file so it doesn't make big difference. It's not like these schools admit/reject based on test scores of 34 vs 35/36.

PP, where are you getting this "one dimensional" and "professional test takers" baloney? Is it from any practical experience? I doubt it.

FWIW, we have 3 at Ivies right now. I certainly concur with any guidance that a student should make at least one or two or (gasp) even three subsequent attempts if the initial score can be improved. There is no penalty for trying more than once and most applicants do take the tests, whether they be ACT or SAT, more than once. In fact, I cannot think of any of our children's friends at their Ivies who were one and done.

And, yes, it absolutely does come up that first freshman year when we are taking out 5-6 friends out to dinner along with our kid when we are at the school/s for the weekend. NO, my husband and I don't specifically ask or grill the children. But each time we've done a group dinner like that it has been a natural part of the conversation that the kids themselves have brought up as part of the dinner conversation, much like when they talk about their families or other things they will mention the roller coaster application process.

URM?

Two are, one is not. Interestingly, the first one in is not URM. We are not legacy anything. Did they all have "hooks"? Sure.

Your experience is irrelevant. URMs play by completely different set of rules.

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Take the test again - maybe with a couple of low key practice tests in between. For me, practice tests were a helpful reminder of some of the math fluency skills that I hadn't used in years by the time I was in 11th grade. I got a 1480 my first time taking the SAT in spring of junior year. Took it again as a senior and scored a 1600. No additional real prep in between, and I'm certain the 1600 was luck. But it definitely opened doors.

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I agree with you. But how is taking a test twice make one a professional test taker? In fact, most prep courses recommend taking a test twice for super scoring purposes. As PP stated, you don’t get extra points for scoring 1550 in one sitting if a school superscores.

Again, for superscoring schools, by all means, retake the exam. For top tier schools (Ivy, MIT, and Stanford), retaking a 34 will make the applicant somewhat one dimensional - particularly when there are thousands of single sitting 35s and 36s in the applicant pool. From admission standpoint, they are in the same "read" file so it doesn't make big difference. It's not like these schools admit/reject based on test scores of 34 vs 35/36.

PP, where are you getting this "one dimensional" and "professional test takers" baloney? Is it from any practical experience? I doubt it.

FWIW, we have 3 at Ivies right now. I certainly concur with any guidance that a student should make at least one or two or (gasp) even three subsequent attempts if the initial score can be improved. There is no penalty for trying more than once and most applicants do take the tests, whether they be ACT or SAT, more than once. In fact, I cannot think of any of our children's friends at their Ivies who were one and done.

And, yes, it absolutely does come up that first freshman year when we are taking out 5-6 friends out to dinner along with our kid when we are at the school/s for the weekend. NO, my husband and I don't specifically ask or grill the children. But each time we've done a group dinner like that it has been a natural part of the conversation that the kids themselves have brought up as part of the dinner conversation, much like when they talk about their families or other things they will mention the roller coaster application process.

URM?

Two are, one is not. Interestingly, the first one in is not URM. We are not legacy anything. Did they all have "hooks"? Sure.

Your experience is irrelevant. URMs play by completely different set of rules.

Actually, if you had any reading comprehension at all, you would see that my post does not refer to only our children's experience. It reports on the experiences of our children and their friends. Now, it could be that you are presuming that our URM children are friends only with other URMs ... that would be a major mistake...for you.

I wonder what it says about you to have such a biased perspective? I also wonder how you justify overlooking the experience of our non-URM child who was the first to make Ivy?

But, honestly, whatever. There are bigots everywhere. We'll keep on going high and you keep on going low. Let's see how it all works out in the end, shall we?

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I agree with you. But how is taking a test twice make one a professional test taker? In fact, most prep courses recommend taking a test twice for super scoring purposes. As PP stated, you don’t get extra points for scoring 1550 in one sitting if a school superscores.

Again, for superscoring schools, by all means, retake the exam. For top tier schools (Ivy, MIT, and Stanford), retaking a 34 will make the applicant somewhat one dimensional - particularly when there are thousands of single sitting 35s and 36s in the applicant pool. From admission standpoint, they are in the same "read" file so it doesn't make big difference. It's not like these schools admit/reject based on test scores of 34 vs 35/36.

PP, where are you getting this "one dimensional" and "professional test takers" baloney? Is it from any practical experience? I doubt it.

FWIW, we have 3 at Ivies right now. I certainly concur with any guidance that a student should make at least one or two or (gasp) even three subsequent attempts if the initial score can be improved. There is no penalty for trying more than once and most applicants do take the tests, whether they be ACT or SAT, more than once. In fact, I cannot think of any of our children's friends at their Ivies who were one and done.

And, yes, it absolutely does come up that first freshman year when we are taking out 5-6 friends out to dinner along with our kid when we are at the school/s for the weekend. NO, my husband and I don't specifically ask or grill the children. But each time we've done a group dinner like that it has been a natural part of the conversation that the kids themselves have brought up as part of the dinner conversation, much like when they talk about their families or other things they will mention the roller coaster application process.

URM?

Two are, one is not. Interestingly, the first one in is not URM. We are not legacy anything. Did they all have "hooks"? Sure.

Your experience is irrelevant. URMs play by completely different set of rules.

Actually, if you had any reading comprehension at all, you would see that my post does not refer to only our children's experience. It reports on the experiences of our children and their friends. Now, it could be that you are presuming that our URM children are friends only with other URMs ... that would be a major mistake...for you.

I wonder what it says about you to have such a biased perspective? I also wonder how you justify overlooking the experience of our non-URM child who was the first to make Ivy?

But, honestly, whatever. There are bigots everywhere. We'll keep on going high and you keep on going low. Let's see how it all works out in the end, shall we?

Bigots? But URMs DO play by different rules. Do you not agree? You can't have both ways.

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My dc got a 1490, and it was one and done for us. DC had issues with math and broke 700 on the math portion, and we did not think dc could do much better. DC is a humanities kid and focused on specific artsy programs and wanted to go to Tisch. 1490 and dc's 3.78 gpa was good for NYU, so the focus turned to the portfolio. DC was admitted ED to his top choice (Tisch), so it was the right call for us. If DC had a different focus, he may have taken the SAT again, as some here have urged.