<p>Hi guys. </p>
<p>I took SAT for the first time and got a 2300. (750/750/800). I'm working for a 2400, but I'm wondering if it gives you a boost in the admissions if the score was from the first and only sitting, as opposed to the best out of multiple sittings. </p>
<p>Is anyone familiar with how the first-and-only-sitting sore fares in comparison with others? Thanks, and I hope you all receive the scores you wanted.</p>
<p>Good job on the Sat’s - most schools will ‘super score’ so u should be all set!</p>
<p>I think this looks very good as a first and only and I would leave it at that. I don’t think you will gain any edge from sitting again and scoring higher. The rest of your application is what you should spend your remaining time with.</p>
<p>If it is a score choice school which most are, they won’t know it is “1st and only”, they will just view it as your “best” score. What I would be more concerned about with a 2300 is the score actually going down the next time around, and then schools that want your entire history see the lower score.</p>
<p>You probably won’t get “brownie points” for scoring 2300 in the first and only sitting.</p>
<p>I usually tell students who score 2300-2400 that they don’t need to take the test again. Most don’t listen to me, and decide to retake the SAT. That’s your competition. <em>shrug</em></p>
<p>Thanks for your kind advice. </p>
<p>But I am seriously wondering if another sitting is worth that 800 in math, which I know I could manage next time around, though it would lose me the first-and-only merit and of course run into risk of not scoring perfect on writing again. </p>
<p>I’m aiming for Stanford, and I’m homeschooled. Again, thanks for your encouraging advice!</p>
<p>On account of your homeschool status, your standardized test scores will take on special significance. The fact that your grades and curriculum are non-traditional makes it more difficult for admissions officers to gauge your scholastic ability and compare you to all the other applicants. I’d recommend pumping up your test scores as high as possible…but don’t get obsessive about it. :-)</p>
<p>Some college admissions committees might be even more interested in your Subject test scores than the SAT reasoning test numbers. Ace as many of those Subject tests as you can. For competitive colleges, I would recommend targeting 750+ on every single one of them. Take the Math Level 2 test if you’ve already passed the equivalent of a Precalculus class.</p>
<p>Hey, same here! (730, 770, 800 first time) I didn’t retake it, but took the ACTs twice because subject tests annoy me(I took 4 subject tests which weren’t amazing). I’m pretty sure Stanford doesn’t use score choice, though I’m not sure… But anyway, if they don’t use score choice, then it’d probably make you look better to them, as a first-timer, than another kid who had to take the test 4 times to get the same score… I decided not to retake because looking at the percentages on collegeboard who get higher vs. lower, scoring higher just seemed too improbable to be worth it.
If you have plenty of time (like, if you’re not a senior) and you’re motivated, then feel free to retake.</p>