<p>Your PSAT in Jr. year should be your guide. Don’t fail to take it: you already scored high enough, 225(0), to make NMF and that will surely translate into at least some scholarship money.</p>
<p>Rarely would I think a 2250 warrants a retake. You have to keep in mind the opportunity cost - what would you do with the time that you would otherwise be practicing for the retake? Is it something worthwile or just watching tv?</p>
<p>As the vast majority of students do better on the second sitting AND given that you are only a sophomore and have lots of time - I would come down on the side of a retake. Best of luck.</p>
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People often say this, but I don’t see much evidence that it’s true. Maybe the most selective schools stop differentiating over 2300, but I’m not even convinced that’s true. There may be a point of diminishing return, but I don’t think a person who scored a 2250 as a sophomore has reached it yet.</p>
<p>^ Ditto what Hunt said.</p>
<p>You should retake it. S took it in May of sophomore year and got a 2230 and then studied over the summer and fall and retook it in November of junior year. He got a 2360. You have room to grow…Good luck!</p>
<p>Yes, since you are a sophomore retake it! But don’t stress out over it, just look at it as a great opportunity to do even better. And just one more time, don’t keep trying to get little improvements.</p>
<p>Thank you for all of your input 
I’m probably going to retake it during the fall/winter of my junior year :)</p>
<p>if you’ve made up your mind then go for it… but some words of caution:</p>
<p>1) if you retake after 2250+, it looks to colleges like you have nothing better to do but retake the SAT</p>
<p>2) u could spend all that time taken to study to develop ur ECs better… just think about it in perspective → would a college take a 2250 with amazing ECs or a 2300+ with meh ECs?
Clearly the 2250. there’s a cutoff, i’m led to believe, and i think ur within that.</p>
<p>but hey, its ur call in the end.</p>
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<p>1) How do you know this? I don’t see any reason to believe that retaking a 2250 would look like anything other than a student trying to demonstrate their skill in every possible facet. Do not forget that while the SAT is not everything, it is still a major part of the application process. </p>
<p>2) Unless OP is seriously anal retentive, I doubt that the limited time spent studying for the SAT excludes the possibility of excellent ECs. It’s not an either-or issue. If OP is intelligent enough to get into a top school, I should hope that he or she is intelligent enough to properly balance the many areas of his or her academic life.</p>
<p>why not retake it</p>
<p>Everybody takes it more than once
Except me of course</p>
<p>Whenyou retake it , they take your highest score from each section out of your 2 tests. Retake it. You have potential in scoring higher</p>
<p>nope people overestimate the worth of the sat; gpa is far more important</p>
<p>Yeah, normally, GPA would be more important…it’s just that since I’m international (Canada), I feel like the SAT would also be quite important.</p>
<p>retake, it seems like you did well on the practice ones.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t retake it. Statistics show that when taking the SAT a second time, people usually get worse in the Writing section. Also, you’re in high school. I would take the good score you got this time, and focus more on AP classes and AP tests.</p>
<p>I heard 2300 is the “golden score” where anything between 2300 and 2400 is fine.</p>