Re-take the SAT before transferring?

Transfer Students
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<p>I have my sights set on transferring to a prestigious university this coming fall and currently have a 3.71 college gpa from a community college with 56 credits. I believe my grades are competitive, but I took the SAT 5 years ago and scored a 1010 (I think that is equivalent to a 1500 now). The colleges I am looking at all require the SAT and I fear a low score will get me rejected. So should I take it again? I'm sure I can make a better score, but I don't know if it's worth the time, money and effort.</p>

<p>FYI I'm looking at Georgetown, Brown, NYU, Emory, Tufts, Northwestern, Virginia, etc.
PS My high school record (3.0) is pretty dismal as well.</p>

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<p>If you think you could do a lot better then I’d say it’s worth it. I was in the same situation, and when I retook I improved my score by 360 points. Haven’t regretted it!</p>

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<p>I’m in the same boat trying for Georgetown, but I’m a freshman have a 4.0 in college,3.5 in high school;
scored 1050/1600 first time =/
just retook them today so I would say its worth it</p>

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<p>I never took them in HS so I’ve been taking them recently, today being the most recent. I think it’s worth it as it can only really help you. Give the ACT shot a too, they’re both completely different styles of testing and you may be considerably better at one.</p>