<p>On my january sat i got a 2310(760,750,800)...it was my first time taking the test. I am happy with the score except for one thing. I got a 9 on the essay. Now, the funny part is that I got an 800 on the writing. I made no mistakes and did not omit any of the questions. Is the essay a good enough reason to retake the test, or am i being silly?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot everyone</p>
<p>No, you're being an idiot.</p>
<p>I don't know if Princeton will take a look at your actual essay (I'd imagine they won't; they have 17,000+ applications to look through), but I do know you're being silly. Your SAT score is not going to keep you out of any college. Focus on something else.</p>
<p>will it help that i got this score in one sitting, or do they just care about the highest scores...because i want to be a math major and im pretty sure i can do better on the math?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot everyone</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure they take the highest scores. But with your scores, there's not going to be too much difference a 2310 and say, a 2370.</p>
<p>Ditto what Goldfish said. Your score is no reason to worry. The grading on the essay isn't exactly trusted just yet, so I'm sure if you have great essays, the SAT essay won't matter at all.</p>
<p>Princeton may not even look at the writing score. I know many universities either dont count or put little weight on it since its new.</p>
<p>I think it's stupid not to look at the writing scored. I'm a little biased on this one cause I scored a 760 (9essay, 1 wrong mc), but before the new SAT I, most colleges required the writing SAT II, which essentially is the same as the writing section now incorporated into the new SAT I.
And either way.. are colleges not going to look at short reading passages just because those are new? No.
It's ridiculous, the SATs are the SATs, if they don't count, they shouldn't be part of the test.</p>
<p>Last weekend, I attended Alumni Day at Princeton (my dad's friend is an alumnus, and therefore took me there as a guest). One of the programs was "Navigating the College Admissions Process," and during the Q&A session, Dean Rapelye said that sometimes they WILL read the essays written on the SAT to verify/backup/etc. the essays submitted by the applicant.</p>
<p>But even if they decide to read yours, I highly doubt it'll even be a factor or change anything.</p>