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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the 1500+ is the first try, sure you should retake. Don’t most kids increase their score after a couple tries?

But if it’s already after 3-4 tries or super scored to get to 1500, then don’t bother bc I have seen it backfire in more than one occasion. Some kids actually do worse by the 4th and 5th try due to testing fatigue and it could really sting their confidence. Also, as parents, we need to remember to put prestige aside. Do you really want to put your 1520 after 5 tries superscore kid in a room full of 1st try 1570 kids and make your DC compete like that for 4 years? Yeah yeah I know you’ll say athletes and donor kids also don’t have 1570 but they have other advantages and you know that’s true.

Plenty of kids do exceedingly well graduating from T25-100 colleges, including many at the top of their industries in our country. Give your DC room to spend time to cultivate other aspects of their app and their life, including their confidence and the innate knowledge that their parents think they and their accomplishments are enough. [/quote]

Agree with all of this.  If your kid wants to retake it and try for 1550+, then go ahead and let them.  But if they've already prepped and taken it a couple of times and hasn't reached it and you are the one pushing your kid to retake it, then you're putting too much emphasis on the test and you are sending them the message that a 1500 is not good enough.  Everyone here has said that it's just one factor and not determinative anywhere and even with 1550+, there's zero guarantee your child will end of at a T25 college.  (Anecdotally, I personally know a 1590 who was shut out of all Ivy plus schools despite strong ECs, leadership, personal qualities, and the parents paid thousands of dollars to an independent college counselor).[/quote]

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