Please help! Should I retake?

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<p>I took the March 2010 SAT at got 2250 -- 730 CR, 770 MA, 750 WR (71 MC and 11 essay). So I thought I should retake. But I got 35 on the ACT - 36 Reading, 34 Math, 36 English, 35 Science, 10 essay.</p>

<p>Basically my question is, should I retake the SAT (I'm hoping for 800 Math and to increase my other scores too) for a great superscore, or will colleges sort of "quasi"-superscore my SAT and ACT scores? </p>

<p>I feel like if they see I got perfect scores in Reading and English on the ACT that should offset the sort of low scores I got on those sections on the SAT, and if they see I got 770 on Math on the SAT that should offset the sort of low score I got on that section on the ACT.</p>

<p>So, retake SAT -- yes or no?</p>

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<p>Someone please help!..</p>

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<p>I recommend sending just your ACT score. Retake the SAT only if you are confident that you can improve.</p>

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<p>My SAT scores have already been sent… Will they consider both scores, seeing I did better on English and Reading on the ACT and better on Math on the SAT?</p>

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<p>Very few schools superscore between the ACT and SAT.</p>

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<p>Would they consider both though? Or should I just retake the SAT?</p>

<p>Thanks for your help, by the way.</p>

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<p>They would consider the higher one, which is your ACT score.</p>

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<p>OK so that’s good. So I probably shouldn’t retake the SAT?</p>

<p>Edit: Could my lower SAT hurt me, or would they <em>only</em> consider my higher ACT?</p>

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<p>Colleges that say that they only consider your highest scores generally only consider your highest scores. Exceptions sometimes occur when an applicant has retaken a test many times.</p>

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<p>Thank you so much for helping me! I’m NOT going to retake it after all…</p>