<p>My scores are sort of on the low side for a lot of the colleges I am applying to Regular Decision, including Yale (which I was deferred from). Since there is only ONE test date left for seniors (Jan. 28, I believe), would it be more beneficial for me to retake my SAT 1 or my SAT II's?</p>
<p>As of now...</p>
<p>SAT 1 -
Old - 730 Math, 730 Verbal
New - 720 Math, 740 Verbal, 790 Writing</p>
<p>SAT II -
Math IC - 730
Math IIC - 740
US History - 750</p>
<p>How much weight do colleges place on SAT II's? Just placement? Heavily in admissions?</p>
<p>Actually all of your SAT I & II's are about mid 700 already.
If you retake, room for increase is small, AND could decrease!
So that's a concern.</p>
<p>There are 2400's being deferred in the EA round this year...
it's all around tough and hard to predict the outcome.
What do you think? -
Is it worth the extra cost (& work) to retake?</p>
<p>Sorry that I don't have a concrete "magic bullet" to help in the RD round...</p>
<p>Your SAT IIs are quite high, same situation as Coq above.
The only < 700 is SAT I Writing, so could see a possible retake there.
Note that some colleges are only "looking at" the WR score, not nec "using it"
for this year, bec it's so new.</p>
<p>I disagree with fbc, sure 2400s get rejected, but it never hurts to have higher scores. If you're willing to put in a little prep over the winter break and spend $40, you can't lose. Even if you go down, they still only see your best scores. I would advise taking the SAT I again, since most people would agree that SAT Is are weighted more heavily.</p>
<p>Even though the SAT 1 is weighted more heavily, I feel like I have more room for improvement with SAT II's...especially if I take Biology. The first time I took it, I got a 690, and now we've covered so much additional information, including Photosynthesis and Respiration. I've taken the SAT 1 4 times already (2 old version; 2 new version)...do I really have that much room for improvement?</p>
<p>If you are currently taking Bio, that should help a lot wrt retake SAT II Bio.
It's also not as long/exhausting as retaking SAT I (in national news on Friday: CB being petitioned about the length of SAT I!)</p>
<p>plus, what i've seen is that the sat ii scores are usually higher, because people take them in areas that they are good at. take the 2's over again, unless you want to major in philosophy or something that's not tested in a sat ii. your sat i is already 2250 (did i do math right?) and that's high enough. you're about in the middle of the crowd i would say, and people above and below you have gotten accepted. the 2's can show your strength in a certain area, whereas i think the sat i won't do that.</p>
<p>dude coquettish... your scores are fine, IMO. Does Yale give you a chance to revise essays? I think my biggest boon was the fact that I wrote about a subject that really tore at my heart... I mean hell it was emotionally devastating to write some of my essays... you gotta let it pour out. find something... I guarantee it exists... something that you don't want to confront... and then confront it.</p>
<p>that's my advice to anyone right now. All of your scores are amazing, I don't think that's the problem... the problem is that you're not showing how brave and compassionate you all really are (and beleive me I've been posting with ya'll for a while... all of you have it in you)! Believe in the human spirit! Touch someone!</p>
<p>I know, I had a 620 on my French SAT II and I still got into Yale EA. It really doesn't matter as much as people think. Your GPA, class rank, ECs and other hook stuff (minority, geography, etc.) mean more. I know it's hard to do, but everyone's gotta relax a little.</p>
<p>coquettish, the ACT has a science section (more of a reasoning section on how to use scientific data) which the SAT does not. In addition, the ACT requires more advanced math (11th grade vs. 10th grade). If this option interests you (my D submitted ONLY the ACT to Yale), you can try a practice test at home and see how you score. If you do significantly better than you have on the SAT, it might be worth a go for you!</p>