Introducing yourself to colleges

The SAT helps to determine your college admission eligibility, so it is important to score as high as possible. It is, in effect, your “letter of introduction” to colleges. Many students choose to take the SAT for the first time during their junior year of high school so that they can re-take it during the fall of their senior year if they choose to.

Check your percentile

To determine if you should re-take your test, you may wish to check here for the percentile into which your score falls. This is provided in your score report. If, for example, you are listed as being in the 50th percentile for your state, this means your score is right in the middle: you scored higher than half the SAT testers, but lower than the other half of testers. If your percentile is fairly low, you may wish to study again and re-take your test.

Know your preferred colleges’ score preference

You may also wish to see if your colleges of choice list preferred or average SAT scores of their applicants, and use it as a reference to your own.

Why not study up and try again?

If you’ve got time, trying to improve your scores may very well be worth your while. After all, this is your future we’re talking about! By following a step-by-step study or tutoring program such as Club Z!’s, many students achieve significantly higher scores when they retake the SAT, greatly improving their chances of getting into their colleges of choice