My daughter has applied for SAT exam on Aug 26. Her previous test scores are in the 1400-1500 range. Is it worth taking the test again?
Her range is equivalent to a 94-98 SAT user percentile ranking and between a 97-90 national percentile ranking which is a strong score. Your daughter could take it again if she thinks she might perform better. You may be interested to know that the ACT reveals that 57% of students improved their scores upon retaking the test. However, Synocate suggests that students don’t take it more than couple of times.
2. Do number of attempts in the SAT test matter?
Some colleges, particularly the competitive colleges require that you send in all of your SAT scores in which case it's not preferable to sit it too many times. The less competitive colleges don’t usually require this, and so will not know how many times you took it. We don’t tend to see an improvement in scores after the 2nd time so we don’t suggest you take it more than a couple of times.
3. Will colleges hold several attempts against her? Her ambition is to get into the Ivy Leagues.
The competitive colleges may view an applicant who has attempted a test several times unfavourably however one retake would not be held against a student.
4. Can colleges get all the SAT scores even if we do not report the scorest to them?
The College Board does not release SAT test scores without student consent. (https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/scores/sending-scores/score-choice)
However, your daughter should though check with her high school whether all SAT scores are reported on her transcript or reported by the high school to colleges.