<p>I'm a senior in HS applying ED to Columbia and EA to UMich, Rutgers, Villanova and Fordham. </p>
<p>I signed up for SATs in October and I have only been studying for Writing and CR. I really want to get my CR up to the 700 range. </p>
<p>However, if I'm studying for SATs, I feel like it'll take away precious time to work on my college apps. </p>
<p>Is it worth retaking?</p>
<p>I’d say it’s worth it. If you can maintain the Math score and get 750+ in
Reading and Writing, that will help a lot.</p>
<p>Since you’re signed up I would recommend retaking them, but do be careful to commit more to your applications than studying for one test. Your only score that you really want to work on (not that it’s bad, it’s just the only area for significant improvement) is critical reading, so do some general prep but also just make sure you’re reading. Especially for critical reading, scores just go up over time as you’re becoming a better reader (I got a 68 on the sophomore PSAT and a 790 when I took the test as a junior, w/ no significant prep besides just reading), so I would suggest retaking but not overdoing it on prep. Your SAT score right now is totally fine, so retake it just in case, but don’t worry about it- you seem to be in a really good place :)</p>
<p>Thanks you guys!</p>
<p>My son raised his CR from a 730 to an 800 with zero studying, and raised his math from a 660 to a 700, again, with zero prep work.</p>
<p>Assuming the schools you are applying superscore, then you have nothing to lose by taking the exam again, even if you don’t study.</p>
<p>Even if you get that 680 up to a 700, which is probably just one or two more correct answers on the exam, that will make your application “look good”.</p>
<p>However, that being said, except for perhaps Columbia, I would say that your scores are already good enough for the other schools you are applying to.</p>
<p>just an fyi, columbia does super-score, so you can take it again and, even if you only do better on cr, it’ll be worth it because they take the best scores from the individual sections and combine them</p>
<p>Ok thanks!!</p>