<p>800’s make a huge difference. Silver turtels work showed that each 800 raised your chances by as much as 120% each.</p>
<p>Just ask youeself why your buddys don’t want you to take it again. The more you take the test the more the odds swing in your direction.</p>
<p>Silver turtels work showed that the first cut off was at 2310 then the second for unhooked white dudes was around 2360. Check for yourself.</p>
<p>Post hoc ergo propter hoc.</p>
<p>In the other thread, I gave you testimony from two adcoms, both of which stated that from their point of view, there is no difference between a 750 and an 800. Why, might I ask, would these adcoms be lying to us?</p>
<p>hey cheesie, harvard shows in its stats that each year for one 2400s guy getting accepted another 1960s guy is admitted too. so 2300+ is perfectly fine. its not worth your time and effort to retake it. at the end of the however it all comes down to what you wanna do.</p>
<p>p.s. i think what the previous poster(@ocraaa) said is all crap. and btw i dont believe anything posted by an organisation which names itself “silver turtels” :D</p>
<p>OP
do not worry about your SAT score.</p>
<p>according to some people here, my friend and I should have multiple acceptances from HYPSM.</p>
<p>my friend and i both had 5 800s (SAT I and SAT combined) each. we both got into some great colleges but we did not make HYPSM.</p>
<p>OTOH, people with 2200s (SAT) and mid to high 700s (SAT IIs) got into PS and so on.</p>
<p>Because that is what they do… They do what they are told to do… It is a very sad low level job, usually reserved for grads who couldn’t get real work.</p>
<p>Right.
That last post just convinced me that you have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.
Toodles</p>
<p>lake</p>
<p>I took SAT once (800-780-800-12).
i don’t know about my friend but he had 800-800-800 on SAT (not super scored).</p>
<p>20more’s view on test scores seems a correct one, at least for applicants similar to him/his friends. Chasing after test scores is misguided.</p>
<p>Thanks for all your responses! So the consensus is that I should NOT retake it?</p>
<p>You should retake it if (1) a 2400 is certain and (2) you know that that score wouldn’t help if you miss the right stuff in your applications.</p>
<p>You couldn’t even break 2350? </p>
<p>Lol</p>
<p>I’m not sure there’s a consensus here, but I continue to think that there’s no reason to retake unless you’re pretty darn sure your score will increase. And what’s the evidence that it will? Have you been getting significantly higher scores on practice tests, for example? </p>
<p>Oh, and “ILoveMyMom”–ask her to teach you some manners.</p>
<p>Hunt - pretty sure ‘ILoveMyMom’ was joking. . . </p>
<p>I have a 2310 but my scores are unbalanced (800 CR, 800 W, 710 Math), and I’m also a strong Humanities/weak Math + Science student, something that is reflected across my application, so should I retake? </p>
<p>My other standardized tests are: </p>
<p>34 on the ACT (English 33, Math, 34, Reading 34, Science 35)
710 Math IIC, 800 US History, 770 Literature. </p>
<p>In light of all this, should I retake?</p>
<p>Again, what’s the basis for thinking you will do better if you retake? That, to me, is a key question, because retaking has an opportunity cost, and it also includes the risk that you will do worse.</p>
<p>@hunt you’re sarcastically slow…</p>
<p>@carbon I don’t suggest taking it again. HYPS looks at all test scores, and retaking a 2310 looks excessive.</p>
<p>They only see all test scores if you show them all test scores.</p>
<p>Wake up the competition doesn’t want you to get a higher score.</p>
<p>There is no down side and a huge up side to taking it again.</p>
<p>Carbon, consider retaking your 710 math Sat II. If you do better on that, it’ll compensate for your sat I score so you won’t have to retake the whole test.</p>
<p>carbon,as you can see they really, really don’t want you in the competition pool.</p>
<p>Take the SAT againg and blow these con men and losers out of the water, there is no down side.</p>
<p>Can’t tell if a ■■■■■ or just stupid.</p>