<p>It can't hurt, right? I'm sending all of my score reports with my SAT subject tests (which are in May).</p>
<p>If I do better, I'll just send updated score reports. If I don't, then the colleges won't ever see my new scores.</p>
<p>Is there any gaping flaw in this plan?</p>
<p>(If your only question is why, the reason is multifold: mostly that a lot of my friends scored 2330s or higher. It's an inferiority complex)</p>
<p>Have fun????</p>
<p>My friend wants to retake his 2390 because he got a 790 in Math...so maybe you guys will see each other in the same test center,;)</p>
<p>Two points to consider.</p>
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<li><p>Do a little research on the topic of "regression towards the mean." You have a very good chance of scoring lower the next time you take the test.</p></li>
<li><p>a 2330 and a 2310 are statistically the same score. At the 2300 and up level, a 40 point different is even statistically significant.</p></li>
<li><p>(yeah, I know I said 2) You've done your SAT thing. Let go, move on to something else.</p></li>
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<p>Yeah, I know. However, I don't feel I did my best on this test (it was lower than practice scores, and I made a few careless errors on the Writing multiple-choice). I know all about the "A typical 800 math scorer drops 49 points on the next testing", but that hasn't happened to me yet.</p>
<p> [quote=BigIs] 2. a 2330 and a 2310 are statistically the same score. At the 2300 and up level, a 40 point different is even statistically significant.
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<p>Sure, yes. I only missed, say, one more problem than somebody else who got a 2350. But it's still a niggling "what if" feeling.</p>
<p>But I did miss six more problems than a 2400. That's substantial, in my opinion.</p>
<p>The colleges see all your scores.</p>
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<p>I don't think you quite get what I'm doing. I'm sending my SAT scores now before the June SAT gets added to them. If they're never sent the June score, how can they see it?</p>
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Then I'll take my lumps and send them all of my scores. Not many colleges look at only the last score, right?
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<p>Are you a junior or a senior? What if you decide to apply some additional schools then what you already sent these scores to? Those colleges will then see all your scores.</p>
<p>What are your individual section scores? If all were above 750, I see no need to retake it.</p>
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<p>800M 760CR 750W [E: 11, MC: 73]. My goal was a 2350. You're correct in that there is no need to retake it, but as I said before, the reasons are more cosmetic than practical. Plus, the fact that a 800M is only 97th percentile in my state and that I'm not in the 99th percentile for critical reading nationally just doesn't sit well.</p>
<p>If you're retaking the SAT with a 2310 for "cosmetic" reasons and because you are 20 points or a little more below your friends' scores, then you've got some issues.</p>
<p>octal get a f****** life. u have an amazing score. theres no need to waste 41 bucks and an entire saturday morning to improve by 20 points. geez, people like u who arent happy without a perfect score just really annoy me.</p>
<p>How is 800 in the 97th percentile? That's the highest score you can get! Did the people in the 99th percentile get an 810?</p>
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<p>I like taking the SAT. It's always a lot of fun. I guess I do have some issues.</p>
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<p>It's easier to retake the SAT than to get a life. :o</p>
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3% of the scorers therefore got an 800.</p>
<p>So are some of those scorers in the 99th percentile? Or are all of you in the 97th percentile. If that is the case, then colleges would understand that 3% of your start got an 800. And probably nationally you were in the 99th percentile.</p>
<p>Boy, do I wish I was in your shoes right now</p>
<p>The way percentiles work is the percent of people you scored HIGHER than. So a 97th percentile means you scored higher than 97% of the population. 3% score AS good or BETTER than you (as good, in the case of an 800).</p>
<p>But... I agree with jhkoreacanada. ENVYYYYY lmao</p>
<p>well guys, he/she already registered. I got a 2310 as well. And I was considering retaking it (don't kill me) but I realized if the colleges see my scores, and all of them, then what's the point?</p>
<p>Yeah... don't you guys have more pressing things to do with your time, like study for APs and stuff?</p>
<p>YOu my friend will not get into an ivy;</p>
<p>ya really, if you have a 2390, youre pretty pathetic for retaking it</p>