<p>The math section is especially tricky-although some may argue it's the easiest section of the test in terms of preperation, I believe it's the hardest section to get an 800 on. </p>
<p>It's very difficult to make a "careless" error in critical reading. With a good vocabulary and high level reading skills, the section is the easiest to get an 800 on. However, for those who lack those reading skills, it is obviously the hardest section (me especially, can someone PM me tips to bring a 650 to a 700?). You should have no problem retaking this for an 800.</p>
<p>Writing is also quite easy to earn a perfect score because of the relatively easy multiple choice questions. There are only about 15 grammar principles (with the exception of idioms and dicton) that can be tested, and the essay is cake for a good writer. A friend of mine got 780 with -3 MC and a 9 essay on the december 2005 test.</p>
<p>So, given your stats it is obvious you can score that 800 in CR and 800 writing. However, be wary of math-even math geniuses can make careless errors given the tricky nature of SAT problems.</p>
<p>I would recommend just practing taking the math section over and over again...as tedious as that may be, it will greatly improve your chances to get an 800, but even then, you can't be too sure. Unless you can constantly get no more than 1-2 wrong (ideally, none), do not retake. Getting a 2340 twice will give officers the idea that you had too much time on your hands. If you do get the 2400, it could be reflected in a different light.</p>
<p>I don't agree that careless errors primarily occur on the math section. It's a problem for many students on ALL sections. The ENTIRE SAT is about reading carefully! Although the Writing section is not terribly challenging, you can still easily miss obvious errors on easy or medium questions if you are not extremely careful. Careless errors can also occur in reading the answer choices (or the questions) for reading comprehension questions. Misreading or misinterpreting one word or phrase in just one choice could cost you the entire question. The bottom line is that one is never GUARANTEED an 800 on a seciton just because he or she scored an 800 previously on it. You must be vigilant and alert throughout the entire exam in order to maximize your potential on the exam and possibly score that elusive 2400.</p>
<p>By the way, I would advise to NOT retake the test.</p>
<p>I wouldn't want to sit thru another 3 1/2 hours of testing if I already had nearly perfect scores!</p>
<p>But if you are determined to see if you can hit 2400, just to be able to tell your grandkids you had a perfect score on the SAT... go ahead. </p>
<p>BUT -- DO NOT take advantage of the free score reports. WAIT until you get the score back. If it went up, pay the $9.50 per report to send it to your choice schools. If not, no one will every know you re-took it with lower results but you!</p>
<p>I'd actually recommend taking it again. Mainly because you only took it once, and by taking it twice, it validates your scores. I know someone who received a 2300 the first time, and he retook it twice and couldn't even break 2000 again, so they revoked his score of 2300. So, just show that it's a valid score, even if you score a few points less, it still validates your scores. And colleges won't ask you why you took it twice. that's just retarded. he wants to try and get a 2400 to show that he can improve. that's what they want to see, that you're trying to improve your knowledge, even if your level of intelligence is already high, ur still trying to improve, which they like to see.</p>
<p>Anyone who got a 2340 the first time doesn't need the score to be validated. And retaking the SAT after getting a 2340 does NOT show you're trying to improve your knowledge. It shows you don't understand what really matters in college admissions and that you have your priorities out of whack. You want to show you're trying to improve your knowledge? Spend that time busting your butt on classwork and reading, or taking on new challenges. Not retaking a highly competitive score.</p>
<p>One of the class valedictorians at my school got a perfect score last year, and was rejected by Harvard and Yale. He had perfect A's, killer ECs and recs, the perfect student. No one gets in EVERYWHERE, and a 2400 won't make any difference over a 2340.</p>
<p>SAT score 2400 and perfect A's and he was "rejected by Harvard and Yale"</p>
<p>Now Princeton isn't that bad is it?</p>
<p>It is perfectly understandable and I would say commendable to some degree that the original poster wants to shoot for a 2400 because the SAT is one of the few practical (and close to) objective measurements a student has to precisely gauge their ultimate high end intellectual firepower - such ability being critical for example in certain fields such as the practice of medicine and law.</p>
<p>VAL status can be meaningless if the entire school is weak</p>
<p>As for high grades - they do not necessarily mean anything</p>
<p>Class rank (again) is school dependent.</p>
<p>Recommendations often are rubber stamps</p>
<p>Essays can be "written" by morons</p>
<p>The SAT is the BIG KAHUNA and everyone knows it, but political correctness requires nearly everyone to keep denying it</p>
<p>Actually, specialized achievements at the national or international level, building a varied class of "well lopsided" students, is the guiding principle at several of the most elite colleges. I don't see why the OP is bothering considering a retake (which is why I asked the first question I asked in this thread) because there is a known risk of the score going DOWN when it is already that high, and no admission officer will care much if the score gets higher.</p>