2290 - Retake or not? Help Por Favor :)

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<p>I got a 2290.</p>

<p>The breakdown:</p>

<p>780 CR
800 Math
and 710 Writing, with only an 8 essay :[ </p>

<p>As you can see, I did alright except for the writing section. However, I'm concerned that the overall score might be a little too low for HYPS etc.</p>

<p>Do you guys think I should retake the test (and risk dropping my CR and math scores)?</p>

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<p>If you feel that you can improve the Writing score, go ahead and retake.</p>

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<p>Superscoring handles this. Are you familiar with it?</p>

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<p>^yeah i think i can improve writing significantly</p>

<p>do all schools take superscore? i looked up some schools, and a lot of the ones I’m applying to say they look at all your scores (doesn’t this defeat the purpose of superscoring then)?</p>

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<p>“take” is not really the correct word, as superscoring, unlike Score Choice, is done by colleges and not by applicants. </p>

<p>Not all schools superscore, but the vast majority of highly selective schools do. Which schools are you looking at?</p>

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<p>^mostly, UPenn, MIT, Stanford, and Yale</p>

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<p>^ I believe all of those schools superscore the SAT. You may want to check their Web sites, though.</p>

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<p>Retake. You can probably do better and superscoring and/or score choice will help.</p>

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<p>Ouch, 3 of the 4 you stated dont superscore. Only MIT does from that list.</p>