SAT scores competitive enough??

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<p>SAT score (JUNIOR year)</p>

<p>710-CR
730-M
790-W
(10 on essay)</p>

<p>total: 2230</p>

<p>I was aiming for 2200+ because i heard that was all you really needed for competitive schools. but i thought my MATH would be way higher because that's my strongest subject! i had NO idea my writing score would be that high. I only have 1440/1600 though!
(i took it sophomore year and got 580-W, 590-CR, 710-M..didnt improve much on math)</p>

<p>I'm asian though so it looks pretty bad to get a low math score right? but i am from Arkansas. haha</p>

<p>SAT IIs (sophomore year)</p>

<p>math II-760
US history-800</p>

<p>I'm retaking Math II in january, then Chemistry in June. Pretty confident about those scores.</p>

<p>And my GPA is one of the highest in the school, if not number one. (school doesnt rank though) </p>

<p>Is that competitive enough for Columbia?
Or should I retake and aim for a higher CR and Math score because I definitely have a lot of time to prepare for those? But that would be my 3rd time taking it..(Is that too much?)</p>

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<p>You could take it once more, since your 1st time was in sophomore year. 730 isn't bad, that usually means you missed 2-3 questions. I was the opposite of you - I thought I was going to get a full score in writing and not so good on math. Ended up getting an 800 in math an a 750 in writing.</p>

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<p>Yeah i just went to see what it was like sophomore year.
I missed 3 questions..i thought the math was really easy so I probably made some stupid mistakes.</p>

<p>Wow congrats!! I usually missed 5-6 on my practice tests for writing so that score was totally unexpected.</p>