<p>I didn't prepare, and if i did im 95% sure I will get a 800.</p>
<p>Is it worth the time and effort? I am applying to Ivy Leagues, etc</p>
<p>This is because I am taking the chem and lit test as well in october.. should I just take the math one then too?
I am asian. If that changes anything. Haha.</p>
<p>An 800 is essentially a requirement for Math Level II. I’d retake.</p>
<p>I will bet you someone will post the quote by MIT chris.
However could it hurt me by retaking and getting an 800? will it show score obssession or something like that?
thanks for the reply btw.</p>
<p>It might, but keep in mind that score choice is made for circumstances like this. Just don’t send the 770 score and they’ll figure you got an 800 the first time around. </p>
<p>FYI: Even if the school demands all scores, there is no indication on the score report whether score choice was used or not. So you can use score choice no matter what. Only very few schools decline it anyway, so you’re basically fine.</p>
<p>Is it proved that the school will never know if scorechoice was used? Or is that just a myth.</p>
<p>It is true that schools will not know whether Score Choice has been used. Not that I’m endorsing dishonesty, though.</p>
<p>If they ever caught the fact that it was on your school transcript… not good huh</p>
<p>^ Good point. If you were to use Score Choice at all, you would probably want to have those scores removed from your transcript (they don’t have the right to breach your privacy in that way).</p>
<p>is an 800 really essential for good schools?</p>
<p>^ No, it is not. Top schools do not have score cutoffs.</p>
<p>^no, it is not. you don’t need an 800. a 770 is perfectly fine.</p>
<p>^ Fine. It may not be a requirement, but considering the 800 percentile, getting a 770 doesn’t look as good as it sounds.</p>
<p>^ Colleges dont look at percentile, and I think they dnt even get percentiles.</p>
<p>^ I don’t mean they look at percentile. I mean they understand the generous curve of Math II and hence, a 770 doesn’t look as appealing as it would generally in a subject such as Literature.</p>
<p>They do see the percentiles.</p>
<p>I doubt they know or even care of the generosity of Math 2’s curve</p>
<p>Should I get the 800? Is all I’m saying. Is there a chance that may be shown in a negative light?</p>
<p>I personally wouldn’t retake. Unless you already are planning to take other subject tests, in which case you could take it as your second or third test on that day. </p>
<p>I’m sure that colleges that require the SAT IIs understand the generosity of Math II’s curve. But a 770 could mean only a few questions difference from a (low) 800, so they don’t really see the scores THAT much differently.</p>
<p>Are you seriously considering this? Do you really think that getting 30 points
higher on some multiple choice test will be the deciding factor? Seriously come
on a 770 is good enough and anyone with some common sense would not bother
to retake it. And besides what if you end up doing worse when you retake it? Did
you even consider that?</p>
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However, it could mean more than a few questions’ difference from a (high) 800, and a low 800 is as good as a high 800.</p>