<p>Yes. Instead of retaking, you’d be better off spending your time developing your EC’s.</p>
<p>i got a 2070 my first time…i know this probably not nearly good enough for upenn or johnshopkins so ill retake it…but what ECs exactly are worth improving on… what will admissions consider and take you despite a low SAT score?</p>
<p>I got a 2230 on my first time and had 2 800’s for SAT II and a 720 on another. Rejected by Cornell and Brown, the only two I applied. </p>
<p>But I wouldn’t worry about SATs. What I think that did me in was my GPA (I got senioritis 2 years before it was supposed to hit, haha) and possible even ECs. So I would just focus on other stuff to make sure your more well-rounded. Unless your SAT is 800, 800, 640 or something similar in which its really unevenly distributed. Then, you might have to take it again and worry about that last third section.</p>
<p>id say 2250+ is good enough. once you get past that, improvements aren’t really worth anything…
I got 2260 freshman year, 2290 superscore</p>
<p>I had a 2250 (800 CR/720 M/730 W) and got into Penn and Columbia, so yes, I would say it is enough <em>as long</em> as your subscores are all above 700.</p>
<p>I only took it once and got 2260.
I am accepted to Harvard, Stanford (not ivy… whatever) and Cornell but waitlisted at Columbia. Definitely possible :)</p>
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<p>If you mean that the mid-50 is around 700-800, keep in mind that this doesn’t necessarily mean that the 50th percentile is around 750. It could be heavily skewed towards the lower or upper ranges.</p>
<p>yes but its better to apply with a 2300 +</p>
<p>well, if it’s worth anything, this year i got into Cornell and waitlisted at JHU with a 2080 (720,710,650). There is nothing super extraordinary about me (perhaps salutatorian of a small school and an 800 on the SatII BioM), but i am definatly well rounded… i think a 2100 is what one should shoot for.</p>