I had a conversation with my high school guidance counselor a few days back, in which she recommended that I not take the SAT or the ACT more than 3 times (I plan to take the SAT on Jan 25 for the first time in high school, although I took it once in 8th grade through a talent search program and have taken the PSATs twice through school). Although USMA (and possibly USNA) is certainly my first choice, I also plan to apply to several civilian colleges. While I got the feeling through reading through this forum that the Service Academies don't care how many times you take the SAT, I was told by my guidance counselor that civilian colleges do care. Does anyone else have an opinion or factual information on this?