Retake a 2190?

Test Preparation
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I got a 2190 on my SAT last November (Math: 750, CR: 730, W: 710) and was thinking of taking it again this November (already registered).</p>

<p>My dilemma is that I am almost certain that I'll get lower than 700 on both CR and Writing this time around because I completely fluked on guesses in CR last time and haven't studied at all this time.</p>

<p>However, I'm certain I can get 780-800 in Math this time which would bump up my superscore by 30-50 points. But will getting less than 700 on the other 2 sections look bad? I have to send in all of my scores to Cornell, so they might perceive the drop as something bad right?</p>

<p>Other schools I'm applying to are GTech, UMich, Stanford, Berkeley etc if it matters.</p>

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<p>I would NOT retake.</p>

<p>An 800 in math isn’t gonna help you so much more than a 750–it’s a matter of 1 or 2 stupid mistakes. Colleges don’t reject or admit people over a few arithmetic mistakes.</p>

<p>A 2190 makes you competitive for Cornell. If you were going for HYP you would need to retake–kind of need a 2300+ for there.</p>

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<p>^Yep you’re done! Apply away & GL.</p>

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<p>@SuperN0va, I thought that it was a competitive score too, but someone showed me this yesterday:</p>

<p>[Cornell</a> Engineering: Class Profiles](<a href=“http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/admissions/undergraduate/why_cornell/class_profiles.cfm]Cornell”>http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/admissions/undergraduate/why_cornell/class_profiles.cfm)</p>

<p>My Math score is barely within the mid 50% range. I know it’s just a couple of mistakes but doesn’t this show that Cornell’s College of Engineering admits a lot more students with higher stats than me?</p>

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<p>Hmm…</p>

<p>Those math percentages are extremely high, but they are just representative of the types of kids they admit.</p>

<p>Almost all their applicants got 0 wrong, 1 wrong, or 2 wrong on the SAT. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the admissions committee favors people with 800 over 760.</p>

<p>To determine if that’s the case, you would need to see how many students with say, 790s were admitted, and how many with 750s.</p>

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<p>well, since you registered, take the test, then cancel the scores immediately</p>

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<p>@SuperN0va, Yeah, to be honest, I see no difference between getting a 750 and 800, but I don’t think that’s the case with Cornell (or most selective colleges for that matter). Unfortunately, I have no access to that kind of data though.</p>

<p>@anjuna, that’s a good idea, I didn’t consider cancelling. I’ll probably end up doing that if I felt like it went bad. However, is a 750M + 730CR an okay score to apply to at the CoE? Does it put me under other applicants (I know admissions are hollistic but let’s just assume they aren’t)</p>