<p>My DD has taken the SAT once and done OK for most schools, 730 CR 740 M and 650 W. She has also taken the SAT II Am Lit- 730, Math II- 720 and USHist-800. Her weekends this fall will be busy with a new job Sat and Sunday mornings. Will she be at much of a disadvantage if she doesn't take the SAT again? She may have to take one more SATII (A science) Depending where she ends up applying. She is also 4.0 uw and #1 or tie with a couple others in a class of 323. Schools she is considering: in no order U Wa, Rice, Northwestern, WUSTL, MIT, Lafayette, Penn, and Yale.</p>
<p>I would retake for MIT and Yale.</p>
<p>Also, about half of the applicants to MIT have an 800 on the math II, so a 720 will put you at a severe disadvantage. I would strongly recommend retaking for MIT. Also, 2120 is good enough for most schools your applying to except MIT and Yale.</p>
<p>^ Penn’s a pretty selective school also. </p>
<p>WUSTL should accept the 2120, but a 2200+ will help her greatly.</p>
<p>If she can do better, say 2200+, then she is definitely selling herself short by not resitting.</p>
<p>It doesn’t hurt to take it again.
Good luck to her!</p>
<p>Really, she’s fine. For god’s sake people.</p>
<p>Personally, I’d retake it (I will also be rather busy with a job, sports, hw, etc.). While the difference between a 2200 and 2300 is negligible, it would help significantly if she could pull it from a 2120 to 2200+. Just check out the common data sets of schools she’s interested in, and see if her scores are at or above that 50% mark</p>
<p>I’d say shoot for 2200+. I don’t think it’s a huge difference, but if it’s only the second time testing, a little bit of studying and one more test isn’t going to kill anyone and could very well do a lot of good. At least then there would be no regrets.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses. Seems like the consensus is to retake. I guess the reason I don’t think it is so important is the fact that her lowest score is in the writing and she’s actually quite a good writer ( I teach English) and I think that her application essays will probably show that, so while 2120 is good but not great, the 730 CR and 740 M are strong enough. I know some of the schools don’t put as much credence in the SAT writing (Northwestern and MIT for example). I guess we’ll see how the job is going once school starts next month and decide. Thanks again</p>
<p>She should retake it without studying if she doesn’t have the time. It’s only $40 and a few hours spent…</p>
<p>She is fine. No one ever gets into MIT anyway - I hear it is really just a ghost town.</p>