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SAT
1) once you take the SATs, what happens to the score? and if you take it more than once? What do the colleges actually see?
2) can you cancel your scores or are they permanent?
3) what is this curve or w/e that i hear about? that it is better to take it in certain months than others...?
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1. The tests go back to the college board to be graded. The scores go up in about one or two months after--the scores will be up online before they mail them, but they will mail you a copy.
/All/ your test scores are recorded with the same record, so when you send them to a college, they'll see every test you've taken. However, almost all will take the top scores for any given test.
2. If you think you did badly, you can cancel your scores before leaving the testing center. After you leave, you can't cancel them.
3. I've never heard anything about this--they don't grade the tests on a curve.
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Well,
I kinda want to know the answers for the first two questions also.
For the third, the curve is like this.
600/ 800 would give you 75% right?
But they also give you a percetile, or how good you did compared to other people. Lets say you did better than 80% of the people with 600/800, see where I am coming from?
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1. Once you take your SAT you get your scores back. They put the score in your public records and send it to colleges of your choice. Yes! Take it until you have a good score because that is the only one which colleges look at, your best one. They actually see your score.
2. No, you cannot cancel scores.
3. I've never heard of such a thing. There is no curve in SAT from what I believe. It would be unfair for those who get almost perfect scores- they wouldn't seem as smart. And the ones who do poorly would seem better. You can only take the SAT in certain months, it's not really like you have the enitre year.
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from what i remember, the colleges see how many times you took the SAT, but just your best score. this might have changed since ive taken them though. the main thing is, for almost all colleges, the acception proccess is a science. this means that, they plug in your gpa, your SAT scores, your community service hours, etc, into a formula, and get a score for you. then they look at your admissions essay and make a final decision.
you cannot cancel your scores, they will be on your record with collegeboard. you can have them not sent to any schools, so no one else will know.
the curve is there to offset any advantage one would get from taking the test later. so basically, your score will be roughly the same no matter when you take it.
the best advice i can give you is, take it multiple times, as many times as you can. there really is no disadvantage to doing it.
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