<p>My son has taken the SAT once without a prep course. With a 720 in cr, 740 math and 780 writing would it be worth it to retake to bring the cr score up? He's looking to apply ed to Dartmouth?</p>
<p>No, your son’s SAT scores are excellent.</p>
<p>Once you hit 7__ it’s totally unnecessary to retake.</p>
<p>Your son’s 1460 CR + M puts him a little above the median SAT at Dartmouth (middle 50% 1330-1550). That’s enough to make him a highly competitive candidate of his grades, ECs, essays, and recommendations are commensurate with these SAT scores. As it’s highly unlikely a re-taking would bump him up into the top quartile (>1550), even on superscoring, there’s little point to it.</p>
<p>On the other hand, with a 15% acceptance rate, Dartmouth’s pretty much a crapshoot even for a candidate with your son’s credentials, so I’d be making a list of matches and safeties in the event the ED doesn’t work out.</p>