Thank you everyone for responding!
Guess what I'm doing now...procrastinating! Ehh. I need to start the studying soon. Anyhow...
Rob, I had always thought that the colleges see ALL the scores. What I don't get is how come we have to actually send them the scores? Doesn't the Collegeboard provide all the scores in the transcript anyway? Anyhow, I read in numerous books about college admissions that colleges will SAY that they only take the best scores, but the truth is, that they'll find it real fishy if like, let's say person A got a 1200 the first time, and then like let's say, 1420 the next time...or something like that. The admissions officer thinks, "Hmm! I see that they took a prep course..." Or something like that. And then they won't only look at the 1420. They'll actually probably average the two out. Oh yeah, also Rob - I left some questions for you in my other thread about college applications...hope you can answer some of them
! Thanks
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Hey ExGreek - you're lucky! Did you wind up taking the ACT, or did you go to a school which didn't require the SATs/ACTs?
James - 400 points?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW
! I took Kaplan last year...and my score improved by around 200 points...and this is without doing any of the homework like I was supposed to! So hopefully I'll improve by more points...just as soon as I start diligently studying!
Purpleturtle, hmmmm....that sounds good! Actually, that makes sense...but can you read the thing that I wrote to Rob above? Thanks!
Corbin, I have around a 1300 right now...but I want a higher score, just b/c colleges are getting harder and harder to get into every single year, ESPECIALLY the UC system! (arghh) I'm shooting for a 1400, but I wouldn't mind
AT ALL if I end up getting something higher
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SSS, I took the SAT in June. Do you think that I can still send the results like in November or something if I find out that in one section I achieved higher the first time around? I'm planning to take the SATs twice...so my last chance is coming up - October. Hmmm, and also, what if I haven't finalized my list of colleges that I want to apply to? When would I send the scores to them? Thanks a lot
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