One of D's top choice schools offers guaranteed merit based on test scores from a single sitting. D currently qualifies for the second highest amount. If they superscored, she'd qualify easily for the highest amount.
D has taken the SAT three times. Each time she has been pretty close to what she needs for a single sitting, but not quite there - eg. math goes up, CR goes down about the same amount. It's definitely possible for her to get the score she needs, but it hasn't happened.
(She has taken the ACT twice. Again, superscored she would qualify for the highest amount, but not in single sitting. She doesn't think it's likely that she'd get the score in a single-sitting ACT. She's better at the SAT.)
She's trying to decide (today!) whether or not to take the January SAT - the last possible. On the one hand, if she gets the score, it takes a favorite school from 'under consideration' to 'of course you can go there.' On the other hand, she hasn't gotten it yet and isn't it much more likely that her scores will not go up if she takes it yet again?
I know that she wants some help in making the decision, but I just don't know what to think. Any suggestions?
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