<p>I got a 2330 (770 CR, 770 M, 790 W) on the SAT. However, I honestly feel that I could do better. I had the flu when I took it (I kept getting dirty looks for coughing so loudly), and I felt pretty out of it because I had taken a fair amount of cough syrup.</p>
<p>I know that a 2330 is very good, but if I could increase my score to over 2360, and possibly get a perfect score on at least one section, would it be worth retaking? I want to apply to highly competitive schools.</p>
<p>yea, i don’t think it really matters were ur score is at, if u were sick and think you can do better, dont mind spending the money / taking it again why not try to get higher?</p>
<p>Unless you desperately want to get a 2400, your scores are fine (they’re basically at the top of the median range for top schools).</p>
<p>Spend the rest of your money on the SAT subject tests.</p>
<p>No. 2330 is excellent. Breathe a sigh of relief and do other things instead.</p>
<p>If you want to you should. Colleges don’t want you to take the test over again because you think they will like how it looks more. If you think you can do better and feel it is a good way to spend your time go for it.</p>
<p>If you could keep your English scores up and 800 the math (or I suppose another section, but math would be easiest), I would do that.</p>
<p>No!!!</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback.</p>
<p>I think I’m going to retake them. I knew exactly which math questions I got wrong before I even left the testing center, so I really feel like I could bring up my math scores. I want to get better scores for bragging rights more than for anything else. I guess it doesn’t make a big difference for college, but I just want to get a perfect score in something.</p>
<p>Aren’t there better ways you can use your time? Your ECs perhaps?</p>
<p>If it was to increase your chance at a college i would say no, but since it is for bragging rights you might as well go for it.</p>
<p>A 2330 with your score breakdown will be fine for applying to any school. The only reason you would want to consider retaking such a high score would be to become eligible for the Presidential Scholars program.</p>
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<p>Good Lord. Get a life kid, there will always be bigger (and more modest) fish in the pond. Spend your time doing something productive.</p>
<p>Bravo Nose…</p>
<p>Don’t. With a score that high, if you take it again colleges will look down on you as someone who’s obsessed with standardized testing.</p>
<p>jeez…wow.</p>
<p>I’ll reconsider. And just for the record, I am working on ECs and SAT IIs as well as self-studying for an AP exam.</p>
<p>But still… I really want a perfect score on something. Will it actually hurt me to take them again? Will colleges really think I’m too obsessed?</p>
<p>I think it would look you are obsessed if you took it again soon.</p>
<p>If you’re a junior, and you take it again next fall, I don’t think it will look like that. :)</p>
<p>Right now, you need to consider your entire college strategy, because even students with perfect SATs get rejected by elites.</p>
<p>1) Do you know how much your parents will spend each year on your education? If not, you need to find that out. :)</p>
<p>2) If your parents can’t/won’t pay $55k per year to go to an elite school, do you know what your family’s Expected Financial Contribution (EFC) is? If not, you need to find out now. [FinAid</a> | Calculators | Expected Family Contribution (EFC) and Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.finaid.org/calculators/finaidestimate.phtml]FinAid”>http://www.finaid.org/calculators/finaidestimate.phtml)</p>
<p>3) If your parents have a high EFC that they can’t/won’t pay, then you need to include some financial match/safeties in your list. Having some financial match/safeties on your list is also important because you may not get accepted to the highly competitive elites. </p>
<p>It won’t do you any good to get accepted to various elites, if you can’t afford to go there. 
Believe me, there are kids with top stats who’ve been accepted ED/EA to elites, who are now shocked to learn that they can’t afford to go there. Many are in a tough spot because they didn’t apply to any financial match/safeties (schools that would have given them huge merit scholarships.)</p>
<p>But…if your family can afford to send you to any school that you get accepted to, then awesome! :)</p>
<p>Take the SAT in the fall…No one can accuse you of being obsessed if you let some months pass before taking it again. Good luck. :)</p>
<p>oomboo2,
You do realize, don’t you, that your score could go DOWN? Once a score is that high, it is statistically more likely that it will decrease rather than increase. It’s a great, well-rounded, score for any college or university. Why would you want to tempt the fates by re-taking?</p>
<p>well said mom2collegekids, I totally agree with her.</p>
<p>My SAT prep teacher met with reps from Stanford and Harvard this past summer and apparently the Harvard rep said that there was one applicant who had taken the SAT three times. The first time he/she received a 2250. Next time was something in the 2300’s. The third and final time, he/she got a perfect score of 2400. For this very reason, this student was rejected from Harvard. The admissions officer wanted to see some life in the applicants, and clearly, this one was obsessed with scores and statistics.</p>
<p>Regardless of whether or not you are applying to Harvard, you really need to show colleges that you’re someone with a personality. I understand that you are disappointed with the results, but I think that re-taking it may actually reduce your chances of getting into some universities. They might think, after seeing that you retook it after getting such an amazing score, “This person really needs to get out more.” Your score already shows that you are a well-rounded person who can do well academically; there is no reason for you to take it again.</p>
<p>Here’s the thing:</p>
<p>I was in the hospital for all of freshman and sophmore year. I was not allowed to take honors classes, because I had to do independent study. I was only allowed 10 hours of per week to do work because I was so ill and my doctors wanted me to rest.
As a result of my illness and compromised courseload, I am barely ranked in the top 10% of my class (40/417 I think), even though I’m pretty sure I would have been in the top 1% if I hadn’t been sick (not cocky, just honest).</p>
<p>So, I kind of feel like I need to have absolutely amazing scores to get into the top schools that I’m looking at (mainly Brown, Dartmouth, Duke, and Cornell).</p>
<p>I just read this thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/645525-would-you-retake-sat-2330-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/645525-would-you-retake-sat-2330-a.html</a>
Which discusses whether or not a 2330 should be retaken. I’m still not sure. The percent of applicants admitted does change from the 2300-2350 range to the 2350-2400 range. I honestly think that I could get into the 2350-2400 range. Opinions vary as to whether retaking the sat makes you look over-obsessed with scores.</p>
<p>So yeah. I’m still confused.</p>
<p>And in regards to “having a life”, how do colleges see that and judge that? I’m involved in quite a few ECs and sports, but I don’t think that shows that I “have a life”.</p>
<p>Don’t send a 2330 score to colleges, if you are planning to retake. Use the score choice option.</p>