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[quote=Anonymous]The pertinent points here is that the kid is a junior and only took it once.  If kid got a 1550 I'd say no (probably because that was my kid's target so it's a salient number for me.)  At a 1540, there's no harm in taking it again.  Doesn't mean the kid needs to kill themselves with prep.  But the scores aren't perfect.  Even without prep, the kid could quite possibly bring it up 10 or 20 points (particularly superscore).  And they have plenty of time to fit it in.

The only reason not to in my mind is Georgetown-- Georgetown wants to see all scores from all sittings.  So if the score goes down, thy would see it.  Other schools would not.  So unless the kid's heart is set on Georgetown, I'd take it one more time, probably with a few mock tests the weekends before.

To answer 21:11's question, I think most kids take it at least twice because of the superscore option.  Kid only needs to improve one of the two scores (math;reading/writing) to make the second time worth the while-- EVEN if the other score goes down that second sitting.[/quote]

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