<p>I got a 770 without studying at all and no calculator. I think I could get an 800, but is it worth it?</p>
<p>What else do you have to do with your time? Are you applying this year? Remember, test scores are important, but they are not the only thing that is important. </p>
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<p>Good luck in your applications.</p>
<p>Not worth it. </p>
<p>I was going to be sarcastic, but I’m too tired…:)</p>
<p>the difference between a 770 and an 800 is completely negligable and will never make or break you at any school, even harvard.</p>
<p>I’m sure they really don’t care if you got every question right. Harvard doesn’t want a bunch of robots.</p>
<p>Why didn’t you use a calculator or study? I would take it again because 800 means you can do math right and quickly while 770 means you are prone to errors. It depends on what you are studying though.</p>
<p>^^^Not funny.</p>
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<p>Not necessarily. One can miss ~7 problems on Math 2 and still score an 800. To the OP, not even MIT will care.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. I didn’t use a calculator or study because I was taking two others and just decided to do it spontaneously as a third test on the test day just to see how I would do.</p>
<p>If you read H’s admissions site, you’ll quickly discover that they consider viable, those candidates who show strength in a variety of areas. The fact is that H and the other ultra selectives reject many perfect scorers – </p>
<p>The fact is also they aren’t looking for perfect students (I surely wasn’t one but was accepted at one of the HYPs).</p>
<p>Congrats on your math aptitude. Be proud of it but don’t boast. Nothing is guaranteed with the ultra selectives. HTH</p>
<p>800 math II is the 88th percentile. No big deal. 770 is fine. Anything 750+ makes your a competitive harvard applicant. It comes down to who crafts their application into a story</p>
<p>No, a 770 is horrible. Go to community college.</p>
<p>I agree with above poster.</p>
<p>You’d just be wasting time and money to take it again, go buy yourself a good lunch with the money you saved ;)</p>
<p>why do idiots on CC keep ask the same question again?
why dont any idiot go check past threads?</p>
<p>to the op: NO 770 is not enough. u need 800 in everything to get in anywhere or else you’re ending up in a community college!</p>
<p>ppl need know how to ask non-idiotic questions.</p>
<p>its only 30 points, plus 770 is an good one, but you can do it again you wont loose anything, put some effort and you’ll do fine.</p>
<p>You have a 9% chance, same as everyone else who applies.</p>
<p>I don’t like it how these threads always get very sarcastic comments - the original poster probably meant it in good faith.</p>
<p>I know I’m re-echoing what a lot of the previous posters said, but it’s important to take into account that the American “elite” college admission system is one that is based on the “overall picture,” not one that is based on strictly test scores. This is true in many parts of the world where students take a state-sponsored exam to get into college, but the US system takes into account activities, essays, recommendations, and overall character/personality. You do not need 2400/800/800/800 to get into the best colleges - you only need to be in the ballpark range.</p>
<p>Moreover, there’s a +/- 30 point error margin on SAT and SAT 2s (since the tests are different everytime), so getting a 770 is virtually the same as an 800.</p>
<p>Although I agree you don’t NEED an 800 to get into Harvard, why not re-take it? For most people, the cost of taking an SATII and the time involved is negligible. The math II is probably the most important SAT II (though not by much), and an 800 is certainly a more solid score than a 770. </p>
<p>I would highly recommend retaking it as Math seems to come easily for you. Many of the previous posters would have been happy with a 770, but you can do better. </p>
<p>Though only marginally different, an 800 is still better than a 770. Therefore, the only real argument against taking it is the money.</p>
<p>Retaking for a higher score because you didn’t do as well as you could have the first time makes you vain? People retake SAT I’s all the time and get only marginally higher scores. </p>
<p>Does trying to get an A in a class rather than an A- make me vain?</p>
<p>Rather, I believe not re-taking it shows complacency. When you send the 770 in, you are telling colleges that this is the best score you think you can get, which is obviously not true for the OP.</p>
<p>And honestly, who is going to know or care enough to think you’re vain. You’re retaking for your own benefit</p>