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both points make a lot of sense.
But i do find it hard to believe that in the eyes of the admissions council:

[750] (take taken once)

=

[550,570,650,560,600,710,750] (take taken 7 times)


Believe it or not, but this trend can actually show that the applicant is very determined to get a high score ==> motivated to get into a good program, and is capable of learning :)
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I agree with you nervousgmat! There have been a lot of people in this Club who have taken their test a couple of times ( 2 may be 3) and have gotten into good schools. I recently read about somone who took their test 3 times, with the last score being a 700. AND they went on to receive both Columbia and Wharton Interview invites..... Of course, your essays better be pretty darn good as well!!!

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I agree w/ Cookiemonster, you should take the test as few times as possible.

Determination is a good quality, but I think it looks better to score a 680 taking the test once, rather than taking the test five times to get a 700. Think about it (disclaimer: nothing against people who have taken the test several times) if someone takes the test five times, doesn't that make you think that they're really struggling to improve? Seems unimpressive to me.

See this thread, all these ideas are discussed, and there is a reference to a person who used to work in admissions who says that at the school he worked at, they looked unfavorably on multiple tests, and even though their policy was to take the "highest," they were still biased by the pattern of an applicant's multiple scores:


https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... light=gmat
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