<p>Hi everyone, </p>
<p>SO i got a 2120 (720 Math, 750 Writing, 650 reading) and want to apply ED to CAS next year. Just based on that alone, do you think I should retake?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I’m no expert, but it seems that CAS is one of the tougher colleges to be admitted to. Cornell doesn’t look at writing, so a 1370 might be a little low. It’s only January, and they might wonder why a junior didn’t retake it later this year…If you’re going ED and have a stellar transcript and EC’s, it might work. If you were my kid, I would suggest a retake or 2.</p>
<p>I would retake it, mostly because you it seems anomalous for your CR score significantly lower than your W score. Where did you miss the points? If it was on the comprehension questions, certainly retake it after spending some time reviewing the pointers you’ll find on CC. Many people are surprised to learn how ‘coachable’ the comprehension portion is. Vocabulary is a little trickier, because you’ll need the discipline to review lengthy word lists and to keep up with publications such as the NYT to see vocabulary used in context. Retake it if you feel that you can commit such effort. Your M score seems to hint at some degree of carelessness. If I’m right, practicing doing it faster will get your score up and leave you with more time to check over your answers on the test. Because the Math curve is painful, making even small improvements may add significantly to your score on that portion. Retake it once, with careful and targeted preparation.</p>
<p>retake it.
If you want to stay with that score for cas, you will need extracurriculars and grades that are beyond amazing.</p>
<p>1370 is not bad, but to increase your own chances, retake for sure. You have plenty of time. I would retake either in June or as senior in October, but work hard when you retake it. Math 720 is like 3 questions wrong, but I am sure you can do those hard questions. Get the Rocket Revolution and do the Fame Math Hall. Raised my 720 to 780 with showing you all the hard math question that show up in the end of the test. They are actually not too hard, just tricky. CR would be great to improve, read New York Times, study vocab, or anything like that. If you get CR over 700 and keep math at 720, It would still be amazing. You have time, and should retake for sure. Once at least after good preparation. Prepare over the summer or something, do more CR practice and just do hard math questions or if you make silly mistakes, take the pain of writing stuff down. Get you M and CR reading higher and increase your own chances. If you dont, you still have a decent shot with 1370 depending on what else you do. But getting that math to like 780 and CR over 700, and having like 1450 + would be great. </p>
<p>RETAKE FOR SURE ONLY IF YOU PREPARE and PLAN on improving.</p>
<p>What if i retake it and get something really bad, for whatever reason? what if i get a 1700?? Though that’s unlikely, what would happen?</p>
<p>no offense, but the answer is obvious, that would not help and would work against you at schools that need all the sat Is submitted when you apply and submit the sat I scores.
just do whatever you think is right, if you have any questions about admissions and what you should do, call the regional admissions person at the college at which you want to ask the question. 2120 is pretty good, but at the ivys and other top schools, not even a 2400 and 4.0 with great ecs makes anything certain. its a crapshoot at the top schools. ask your guidance or college counselor at school what you should do. you probably know what is right for you, but instead of looking here for answers to questions like that just ask the college or your school counselor. I mean, come on, you don’t have to worry about this stuff until next year. just take the test again if you want. most people stay around the same or go up a bit. good luck</p>
<p>quesiton: my combined M + CR is 1440. Is this bad? 
I applied RD this year to CAS. My W is my best section: 760, but I know Cornell doesn’t care about W… which is too bad.</p>
<p>^ it’s average. You just need to really set yourself apart, or else you’d be like other people who have 15% chance as average goes.</p>
<p>My CR+ M is 1530 is that good enough for CoE, I applied RD this year as an international applicant.</p>
<p>1400, 1500 or 1600 out of 1600 sat are all good. of course the higher the better. but as posted here before, not even a 1600 and 4.0 and great ecs makes anyone a sure thing at the ivys. admissions are holistic. having a score in range is good, but there is a lot more that goes into the evaluation. Hooks are very important. Better to be the applicant with legacy that has strong financial generosity over the years and medium stats, instead of the applicant that is # 1 and perfect scores with no string legacy. Better to be the superstar basketball player with mediocore stats instead of the 2400/4.0 with great ecs. Look at Stanford for that fact. Things like strong legacy and supreme athletics, especially in basketball and other big time collegiate sports are the kind of thing that give you the best shot. without that (which is usually the case for most applicants), it is still a crap shoot no matter what at the ivys, regardless of scores. Other hooks like URM will help, but are not that strong. There are many 2400s and 4.0s and great ec applicants. Its a crap shoot for anyone at the ivys. even for unhooked applicants, they sometimes take those with way lower stats because they like the applicant for whatever reason. Just apply to some safeties and don’t sweat it. Chancing yourself after you have applied is (my opinion) kind of a waste of time. Even assuming you were 2400 and 4.0, you still don’t have a 100% chance at Cornell or any of the other top schools. Even many non ivys or other top schools, or even the likes of NYU type schools, rejects many 2400 / 4.0s with ecs. Just hope for the best and it all works out.</p>
<p>^makes total sense. I agree.</p>
<p>remember, scores are important,
but they use a holistic evaluation at cornell admissions</p>