<p>I got a 2260 (800 m 700 cr 760 w 12 e) last May. I was helping a friend study and took a practice test with him and got 2380 (gave myself a 10 for e). I feel like if I study a bit I could get 2400, and I won't have much work after AP exams are done.</p>
<p>Is it worth it to retake the SAT if I am looking to transfer (from Georgetown to a school with a better bio program)? I am still a high school senior so if I would transfer, it would be right during first year. </p>
<p>I realize transfering is a difficult issue and I'll definitely give Gtown a chance before applying, but I want to get the SAT out of the way this June so I don't have to worry about it when I get to college. </p>
<p>i doubt 20 points is going to make or break anything, being able to say you got a perfect score is cool and all but at this point it would probably be better to focus your efforts on something else - volunteer work perhaps?</p>
<p>georgetown is a sick school, don’t go into it with a transfer attitude; it brings the whole experience down</p>
<p>If you really want to transfer then getting a higher score won’t hurt your chances. Especially since you’ll be applying as a sophomore more emphasis will be placed on your HS record/SAT. If you honestly think you can get a higher score then why not. I just signed up for some SAT IIs that I’m taking this June. I’m also a a HS senior.</p>
<p>He got 2380 on a practice test, not a real SAT. He has a 2260; a 2400 would be a 140 point improvement.</p>
<p>You should definitely retake it. As sophomore transfer, you have a high school record that is considered almost just as much as a freshman applicant’s. A lot of people (with poor high school records) don’t want to think of it that way, but it is true, at least partially.</p>
<p>^ That’s such terrible advice. I very highly recommend that you DON’T retake the SAT. The admissions counselors, and anyone who understands SAT scoring, know that the difference between a 2260 and a 2400 is at best a few more questions (maybe ~5-7 or so more) correct. When you’re looking at scores above 700 in each of the sections, the grading curve is less forgiving, which adcoms understand. For example, on two SAT tests I got 52/54 questions correct on the math sections and lost 50 points both times, scoring a 750/800. You think the adcoms would be super impressed if I had retaken the SAT again and scored a 800? I don’t think so. While it would have been a whole 50 points higher, it’s really only 2 more questions correct. That’s not very impressive. Don’t bother obsessing over the SAT with your 2260. With that score as it stands, it’s best for you to leave it alone, and focus on other hard and soft factors (college gpa, ec activities, etc.) if you’re really determined to transfer. Also, the last thing you want is for adcoms to wonder why you weren’t doing something better with your time than sitting to retake the SAT just to score a 2400. A final point is that a 2400 is NOT guaranteed to you. What if you actually score lower, and a school you apply to transfer to requires you to reveal all of your scores? Don’t risk it. Obviously you were a competitive enough applicant for Georgetown, so if I were you I wouldn’t worry too much about high schools grades and SAT scores when applying to transfer. Move past the SAT score, and try to give Georgetown a shot before transferring out. Good luck.</p>
<p>Fmhcbc is spot on. Focus on college for now, and try to give Georgetown a chance. What reasons can you possibly have right now having not even stepped on campus there? besides, you got into Georgetown so your high school grades should be pretty good already. Just focus on college stuff from here, and try to research the schools you are interested in.</p>
<p>Please I insist you, to NOT transfer out if you’re attending Georgetown in the Fall. It is in the same tie with Harvard, Yale, GWU, and UVA. It has a very nice campus and good social scene. Academics will challenge you to prepare you for medical school. Give G’Town a try because that is one of the baddest presumptions to look ahead.</p>
<p>P.S: I wish all CCers can stop nagging about how terrible a 2200 is, but it just won’t happen. As so with “Is there a difference between a 2350 and 2400?” ****ing no!</p>
<p>Statistically it has been shown that the rate at which students are accepted to top universities increases exponentially as the students’ scores approach 2400. A range from 760-800 (or about 2300-2400) could apply to up to 50% of a student body of a school like MIT. The fact that schools even consider the SAT an important admissions factor is a hint that the challenger must not dwell in the mechanics concerning things like “getting 3 questions more could get you a 2400, and, thus, is not important.” Obviously it sounds ridiculous to say that getting 3 more questions right could increase your chances dramatically. But that is clearly how it works:</p>
<p>That he made it into Georgetown is irrelevant. Not only is the average SAT score of Georgetown barely 1400 out of 1600, but the fact that he (by my assumption–as he is already contemplating transferring) did not make it into his top choice, coupled with the fact that he believes he can do better and the fact that he still has time to take it before graduation, warrants the exact opposite of not even considering retaking it one last time. It just doesn’t make sense not to even consider it even if one does not believe the veritable implications of the study above.</p>
<p>At this point, giving Georgetown a chance, focusing on college, looking forward, and the like are not as practical as retaking the SAT. Do you think he can just sit down, 4 months before he even attends college, and start looking into the future? No. He has plenty of time to get his mindset right. But in the meantime he can study just a little–perhaps only the week between the final AP exams and the June SAT–and take another stab at it.</p>