Is a 2230 good enough for Georgetown? (general question about sending SAT scores...)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>Okay so I'm taking the SAT this Saturday, and like with any SAT test, there's a chance I might do better, but also a chance I might do worse.</p>

<p>So my question is should I play it safe and send my current score report that has my 5 subject test scores and reasoning test score from last March on it (CR 780, Math 740, Writing 710 w/10 essay-->comp: 2230) to the schools that it's already "good enough" for today? </p>

<p>The "good enough" schools I think I might just go ahead and send it to are Georgetown, UChicago, UC Berkeley, WUSTL, Wellesley, Oregon State, Reed, and University of Washington-Honors. Firstly, IS my current score "good enough"?</p>

<p>Because once I take the test tomorrow, I can only send score reports with my new score on it too, right? I might as well save my 4 free score reports for schools that require more competitive scores, or at least I can make sure that even if my new score drops, I'll already be applying to some colleges who only have my old score report and won't ever see that dreaded drop.</p>

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<p>I question an assumption here: does a dreaded drop matter?</p>

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<p>In truth, that score is "good enough" for every school you could possibly apply to.</p>

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<p>@Gregory, if I get a 1900 the way my current practice score are predicting, I'd assume a "dreaded drop" probably does matter. It's shows a terrible inconsistency...</p>

<p>@kwu, thanks:) haha but I've rarely seen anyone but a minority or someone with like "out of this world" EC's (incredible research, raising craploads of money for a good cause, winning national competitions, or something of a similar nature) get accepted to HYPSM, etc. with anything less than 2300.</p>

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<p>Well, I don't know what you mean by an "out of this world" EC. Very significant, yes, but "out of this world," no.</p>

<p>I know plenty of non-minority state/national champion debaters/speakers with scores in the 22XX range admitted to HYPS.</p>

<p>If you consider yourself a run-of-the-mill candidate, then, yeah, I guess 2300+ would be ideal for a decent shot at HYPS.</p>

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<p>Let's say Abigail scores 2100 in the first test, and 2000 in the second. Then how much does it matter?</p>

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<p>1520 is above Georgetown's 75th percentile.
You don't have any problem.</p>

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<p>Georgetown remember, does not consider the writng secton. There is very little meaningful distinction between a 1520 and scores higher than that. And outside of CC, a 2230 is plenty competive for just abou any school, including HYPSM (although maybe not caltech)</p>