Can SAT II Lit help w/ low cr score?

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<p>I took the SAT Twice and my highest composite was
CR/M/W: 710/770/800
-From what I've read a 710 CR is fairly low for HYPSM, and other top schools. This bugs me because I can do really well at CR on practice tests but things didn't work out on the real thing.</p>

<p>Would taking the SAT II in Literature and getting a 750+ on it makeup for a lower cr score, because I've heard that Lit is like a harder version of the SAT cr?</p>

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<p>710 is not too bad, but I can see how HYPSM schools would want higher scores. But really, I don’t think it makes TOO much of a dramatic difference.
Since your CR score is already 700+, if you do well on the SAT Lit, I think that it will sufficiently persuade admissions officers that you are skilled in reading, which is what you are trying to get across.</p>