<p>lol, I don't think it's crazy to retake 2300. </p>
<p>College applications come only once a life for most of us - why not give it the best shot?</p>
<p>PLEASE, if you think retaking a 2300 is a shot-maximizing strategy, be sure to read </p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=377882%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=377882</a> </p>
<p>to see what else you can do give your application its best shot.</p>
<p>Life is too short for some, yet too long for others. Geeze... I think I will retake the SAT once a year for the rest of my life. Tell him if he can't think of any better ways to spend a Saturday morning, retake it! What is the only bigger bummer than getting up and spending a Saturday morning taking the SAT? </p>
<p>Getting up and not taking it.</p>
<p>tell him not to retake it.</p>
<p>only if he is aiming for 2400 and wants to retake even if he gets 2390....</p>
<p>Would anyone advise retaking if the score breakdown is 700 M, 800 CR, 800W?</p>
<p>NO! Colleges will think of you as someone who is overly concerned with the SATs and the minor details...</p>
<p>^ ...</p>
<p>You're saying that someone can't be concerned about SATs and great at extracurriculars at the same time?</p>
<p>The committee only sees your superscore, remember.</p>
<p>^I'm saying colleges don't like those students who obsess over the tiniest details and imperfections...</p>
<p>I don't understand it when people say things like that.</p>
<p>If someone retakes a 2300 SAT, that doesn't mean he/she's shallow and cares only about grades.</p>
<p>^I never said shallow or mention caring only about grades. Please learn to read... From talking with admissions counselors, colleges don't like to see kids who take the SAT 10 times just to get a perfect score from a 2350....</p>
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<p>Just to make sure I understand this correctly, are these people whose occupation is helping you dress up your application, or working in college admission offices to decide which students get admitted?</p>
<p>I really don't think the OP's friend is going to take it three times or more if he's unsure about taking it even twice.</p>
<p>Your comment is true, but I can't see anyone taking it so many times. I've said what I've said because, whenever I hear that case made, I always think it's such an unrealistic thing to say (and it is).</p>
<p>The bottom line is: If he thinks his CR was a fluke, then taking the SAT I again can only help him, since his new scores will reflect reality.</p>
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<p>Hi, bobmallet1, which colleges have you talked to about this issue?</p>
<p>If you can surely raise it up to a 2400, why not? If you can't, don't think about it.</p>
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<p>My son is a freshman at Dartmouth and students that scored 770 and above on CR get to skip the required writing courses and go right to a freshman seminar-I guess that might be a reason to take the test again, but I'm not aware of other schools using the CR score for placement.</p>
<p>Taking the test takes four hours or so. If he wants to, let him retake, as long as he pays for it. If he doesn't get into Yale or Harvard, he might unfairly blame you for not letting him retake. Just avoid that issue and let him be an adult, make his own decision, and pay for that decision.</p>
<p>Well don't retake unless its for a program like the presidential scholars awrd or somthing</p>