<p>I got a 2360. First time.</p>
<p>M: 800
CR: 800
W: 760</p>
<p>Should I retake?</p>
<p>No .</p>
<p>dude you’re so naturally intelligent i’m so jealous</p>
<p>If you know for sure you can get a 2400. 100% know. The chance of scoring lower is higher than scoring higher. But then again, you are a genius.</p>
<p>You got a perfect score on the things that matter…why the **** would you retake?</p>
<p>jk i got the same score but I got an 8 essay and 80 mc and since the essay is more arbitrary than the mc i’m more naturally intelligent than you</p>
<p>No. Writing doesn’t matter that much. Spend your time doing something more worthwhile. Colleges (and I) would think you’re crazy if you retook a 2360.</p>
<p>No. I have heard repeatedly that schools don’t care about the differences above 2300. Don’t waste your time.</p>
<p>No for 4 reasons:
1: You’ll probably score lower
2: It will look like you’re spending time on testing when you don’t need to
3: 2360 is good enough to be above the middle 50% of scores at almost any college
4: Writing really doesn’t matter much</p>
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Nope. There is a difference.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/865226-addressing-few-concerns.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/865226-addressing-few-concerns.html</a></p>
<p>Considering that writing is the lower one, I would not retake it. Had it been CR or math, I would.</p>
<p>Retake. Seriously Why not?</p>
<p>I don’t know if you should retake, it really depends on what colleges you plan to apply to are looking for. But I stopped by to say CONGRATS!</p>
<p>The advice is from MIT, but it could have been written by any admission’s director in the country.</p>
<p>[MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: “What’s the big deal about 40^2?”](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/standardized_test_requirements/whats_the_big_deal_about_402.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/standardized_test_requirements/whats_the_big_deal_about_402.shtml)</p>
<p>“A student with “the magic 1600” is not implicitly better to us than a student with “the spellbinding 1400.” Scores are one tool we use to help us in admissions. And yes, your grades and test scores (especially your grades) are important. But as I have said in the past, what ultimately really matters to us is who you are, what qualities you bring to the table.”</p>
<p>and</p>
<p>“Let me tell you one more story that I often relay. I was doing a regional reception in a city a few years back, and afterwards a student – we’ll call her Artemis – comes up to me and tells me that she has a 760 on the Math SAT. As I was about to tell her that her score was just fine, she keeps talking, to inform me that she was going to take the test again, since “clearly” her score was “too low.” I was like, “What!!!” I “ordered” Artemis to not take the Math SAT again, and instead to have a picnic on that Saturday. Because to us, a 760 math is the same as any higher score she could receive on the retest.”</p>
<p>^
I’m pretty sure MIT would take a 1400 African American over a 1600 Asian any day. </p>
<p>A lot depends on who you are (racially, financially, socially) and what else you have in your application. Some people need the test scores to stand out because they don’t do much else - other have won research competitions so they don’t. </p>
<p>I don’t mean to argue but I would think that the Admissions Director would say stuff like that in order to appease everyone’s claims about test scores, and in order to join the status quo of other colleges in deemphasizing test scores as part of the application. They still have the biggest impact on the application.</p>
<p>Kids who have high test scores and not much else tend to get rejected from top schools, as colleges are looking for multi-dimensional students, not tools.</p>
<p>Are you seriously going to retake? I got a 1920. How do you think I feel?</p>
<p>^But he’s aiming for the Ivies. If you’re sure that you can get 2400, go ahead and retake. However, I hope you have a good amount of EC and plan on taking a bunch of AP/IB classes.</p>
<p>There’s no use in retaking a 1600/1600. Don’t be foolish.</p>
<p>To address a few concerns,</p>
<p>1) My top choice is Harvard.
2) I am white, middle class.
3) I <em>do</em> have other activities. Retaking would basically just mean a Saturday morning—no dramatic effect on my life. I likely wouldn’t study much more.</p>
<p>In particular, I’d love to hear from other people who retook to get a 2400 on their second shot.</p>
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But it’s not a 1600 scale… and I feel like the 40 point gap is an odd disparity, a sad blemish.</p>
<p>NewAccount is ranging the score at the 1600 scale because other colleges don’t really care about Writing. But since you’re aiming for Harvard, go ahead and improve your writing score. However, you should know that your scores put you in or above the middle 50% of the scores of Harvard applicants last year.</p>