<p>Ugh, I got a 800 math 800 writing but a 690 reading. Should I retake?? Also, I'm Asian...</p>
<p>Yes!
Raise your reading score if you are applying to top colleges.</p>
<p>Yes, CR is the most important score at most colleges.</p>
<p>Before you take it again, just study for CR and take lots of practice tests just on that section.</p>
<p>First – I highly recommend that you take the ACT – many students do better on that than on the SAT.</p>
<p>Second – only in the bizarro world of College Confidential is a 690 on reading considered a bad score. Even then, it is only sub par for a small handful of univesities, and even then it may depend on what you intend to study.</p>
<p>Third – Do you have a legitimate reason to believe that you can improve by 50 points. By this I mean, practice tests, PSATs, etc. It’s possible that 690 is a high score for you. Taking the test again and scoring 750m, 650cr will not help your cause.</p>
<p>Fourth – what do you plan on studying. If engineering, less important to retake. If english,more important.</p>
<p>FWIW, one of my children had similar scores to you (Pre SAT Writing component), though with the perfect score in CR. She was interested in liberal arts. We thought that her math score might improve by the 50 points, but that it was by no means sure. Add to this a better math performance on the ACT, and she decided not to retake, and was admitted ED to her number 1 choice.</p>
<p>I got a 77 reading on the psat…so I was really surprised and disappointed…</p>
<p>Also I plan on either studying Biology or Biomedical Engineering, and I really want to scea harvard…so…</p>
<p>However, how important is it for me to duplicate my writing and math scores if I take it again? I don’t think I can do it again or have the motivation to do so</p>
<p>I think most schools superscore so you would submit both scores to your schools and they will see those 800’s.</p>
<p>You have to determine whether the schools you’re interested in superscore. I don’t know whether Harvard does.</p>
<p>I think that it’s fairly important that your writing and math scores remain in the same range. (No one can expect you to duplicate an 800). Schools that superscore say they look at the best from each section, but still they see everything. A precipitous drop can’t be good.</p>
<p>A 77 on the PSAT would constitute a reasonable basis that you can significantly improve on a 690, IMHO.</p>
<p>690 CR? A bad score? REALLY people? For Ivies, once you are past the 2100 mark, they don’t really care. Same goes for top schools. Relax – Try to distinguish yourself by your ECs and Essays more than 50 extra points on a standarized test.</p>
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<p>I know that is not true in all cases. Dean J on the UVA admissions blog said that their software will not even allow them to look at all the scores if they want to. The ONLY score they are even capable of seeing is the superscore.</p>
<p>Posts like number 10 can only serve to tell us kids don’t do the homework and buy into myths. Just read any common data set, admission rate goes up significantly with higher scores. An unhooked candidate at an ivy wants to be at or above the 75th percentile scores. Harvard’s 75th percentile CR score is 790.</p>
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<p>IMO it doesn’t necessarily mean that getting a slightly higher score will automatically increase admissions chances. The higher admissions rates for people with higher scores could be because people with higher scores are better applicants overall (in terms of other stuff like grades, ECs, essays, etc). At least in my school, the people with the higher SAT scores are better applicants as a whole than people with lower scores. </p>
<p>I agree that the OP should retake it though. With good practice and Direct Hits vocab, it wouldn’t be too hard to get his CR score up to a 750.</p>
<p>Most colleges rank students on each key element in the admissions process. Therefore, higher scores mean more points.</p>
<p>You don’t need to retake the SAT. If you are rejected from any school, it will be for a reason other than your SAT score.</p>
<p>Definitely retake.</p>
<p>My son has very high SATs, but has been rejected or waitlisted at a couple schools I was sure he would get into. Every extra point counts in this highly competitive environment.</p>
<p>I think it’s a great score, but you could probably raise you CR a bit.
I disagree that ivies don’t care once you cross the 2100 mark.
And I recommend the ACT as well.</p>
<p>OP, you should retake because you maxed out on 2 sections, there is a good chance you would max out on the CR reading. CR is also very important.
Post #16, if you son has very high SAT scores(2300+) and he is still rejected and waitlisted at a couple schools that means high SAT scores didn’t help. I don’t see the logic here.</p>
<p>Retake. I think my 800 in CR definitely helped make up for my bad GPA. (Not implying that you have a bad GPA – just my situation.)</p>
<p>I got a 680 my first time (very similar to your score) and an 800 the second time around. I’m sure you can do it, too! Good luck :)</p>