<p>Your score is absolutely fine for the colleges you’re applying to - in fact, they are fine for any college in the country. After a certain point, it’s really the other parts of your applications, like your ECs and your essays, that set you apart from the rest of the applicant pool. If you really want to retake it, at least wait a few months and take in october or december. I think in your case, since you’re worried that your rank is low, the SATII may even be more important than the reasoning test.</p>
<p>Cornell doesn’t accept Score Choice the last time I checked.</p>
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<p>But it may show that you cared about the SAT a lot, hence you may be preparing for it with a lot of time, which in turn may dilute the value of the high score.</p>
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As long as you don’t send them all of the scores, colleges will never know how many times you took SAT. </p>
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If you feel you can pull of 2400, I’d suggest you to retake it.
Oh, you can take one more time, say in May or June, and then, as xrCalico23 suggested, concetrate fully on other parts of your application, such as SAT2, APs,essays, etc.</p>
<p>If this is going to be your second SAT test, it is NOT going to look like you are obsessed with the testing. Retake it. Otherwise, you will think ‘what-if’ for months. Even if your score goes down, the colleges supposedly look at the highest score. My Ss high school GC actually recommends to take SAT and ACT twice.</p>
<p>Your SAT scores are high enough for all elite schools. Because they are high enough, adcoms will focus more on other aspects of your apps. If your goal is to get into an elite school, there is no need to retake the test, just focus on beefing up other things. If you want to go after bragging rights, getting admitted to Harvard is a lot more impressive than getting 2400 on the SAT. Think about it.</p>
<p>Then again, there is nothing wrong about setting a goal of achieving 2400. If you are a perfectionist, and getting a perfect 2400 has been your long time goal, then go for it. Don’t let other people stop you, but do so after carefully weighing all the risks.</p>
<p>S1 took the test once and scored 2360. He told me he wants to take it again because he feels he can get a perfect score. I believed him because he did have a perfect PSAT score, but I stopped him because his scores are already good enough for all the colleges on his list. That was six months ago, and to this day he still feels he should have taken another shot. I still feel my position is correct with regard to the college apps, but I now feel that I may have stopped him from achieving a dream of his. My feeling may turn into regret later.</p>
<p>There is however a more concrete reason for taking another shot at it, despite already having a high score – the Presidential Scholar nomination. I did not realize, at least in my state and in many other states, S1 needed a perfect CR+M score to qualify as a candidate. Had I known this, I may have relented to S1’s desire on the retake. So, if you’d like to compete for this honor, you may have to get a higher score.</p>
<p>I don’t think you have to retake SAT I if you are interesting in Brown, Dartmouth, Duke, and Cornell, definitely your SAT score is good enough for those schools. How about your SAT II’s score?</p>
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<p>If you don’t send them, then the college would not know of course. But it is Cornell’s policy that applicants submit ALL SAT test scores from all test dates, which was what I meant to say. </p>
<p>I love what PaperChaserPop said. At this point, it really doesn’t matter whether you retake it a second time or not, except perhaps for personal satisfaction:)</p>
<p>I also got a 2330 (800CR, 730M, 800W), and the only thing separating me from a 2400 was the 3 math questions I got wrong. Now I’m wondering if, had I taken it again, I would have gotten those 3 questions right. If I don’t get into my top choice (Columbia), I’m going to wonder for the rest of my life whether if I’d taken the test again and gotten those 3 math questions right I would’ve been accepted.</p>
<p>So from my perspective, if you really think you’d score higher and you don’t want to be left wondering about it forever, go for it. Unless it’ll be like the fourth time you’ve taken it or something, in which case that just looks bad.</p>
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<p>The scenario you conveyed does not indicate obsession. If your story is true, Harvard’s reasoning is flawed. </p>
<p>Higher scores are more likely to indicate greater abilities than are lower scores – this is undeniable. If a student feels that he or she is capable of a higher score and that the original score was merely a product of small mistakes, retaking is often a good option.</p>
<p>When a score is as well rounded as is the OP’s, however, increasing the score to 2400 becomes even less likely.</p>
<p>All interesting points, and I can relate. My daughter scheduled the ACT last spring, then found out it was held while we were on vacation in Hawaii. She ended up taking it in Hawaii, looking at it as kind of a practice test, then re-taking it in June. Then she got a 35 despite not studying for it at all. We left the decision up to her and she said, “Why would I spend all that time studying and taking it again?” She also feared of the fallout if she scored worse-what friends would say, etc. I do wonder if she could have pulled off a 36, but it hasn’t bothered her at all.</p>
<p>well 2330 isn’t a bad score but if you think you can do better retake the sat then but there is also possibility that your score might go below 2330.</p>
<p>do it!!!</p>
<p>Hm… I have a similar dilemma. I took the January test (it was my first time), so I haven’t gotten it back yet, but I’m pretty sure I scored 800 on CR and W but made a stupid mistake on the M and got about 780. If I get less than 800 on W I’ll definitely take the test again, but I’m not sure if I should retake if I do get 2380. I’m just frustrated because math is supposed to be fairly easy to get 800 on. Also, I’m a sophomore and I took the SAT to send to summer programs, and once I started studying I just wanted to get it over with. So I don’t think it will look obsessive if I retake it.
To the OP, I think you should retake it. If, after seeing answer threads on CC, you feel that you didn’t improve your score, you can cancel it. Good luck!</p>
<p>I honestly think you are wasting everyone’s time on here on your bogus claim. No one would even think about doing what you are doing in the right mind set. The difference between your score and a perfect is less than 5-6 questions, and you are here doing this.
I know what really happened, you took it, got a 1230, and now yo came on here, made a bogus account to make your self feel better for nothing. Congratulations.</p>
<p>one of my friends got 2340… that’s one person that has scored higher then you. so stop being arrogant because you want bragging rights.</p>
<p>What the hell? I know that people scored higher than me. Many people scored higher than me. One of my best friends scored higher than me. I’m not being the least bit arrogant. I barely even told people at school.
One of the reasons that I’m even considering retaking is because I know a lot of people who are applying to the schools that I want to go to scored higher than me. I’m not posting on here to brag. I’m posting in an attempt to get some quality advice.</p>
<p>Why the hell would I make up a score just to see people comment on a freaking website? Seriously, if I did get a 1230 as doctor123 suggested, wouldn’t I feel terrible after hearing people tell me I should retake a 2330??</p>
<p>PaperChaserPop: you said “There is however a more concrete reason for taking another shot at it, despite already having a high score – the Presidential Scholar nomination. I did not realize, at least in my state and in many other states, S1 needed a perfect CR+M score to qualify as a candidate. Had I known this, I may have relented to S1’s desire on the retake. So, if you’d like to compete for this honor, you may have to get a higher score.”</p>
<p>I have been researching and have found two PS programs: 1) " Pres Scholars" program — there is NO money awarded and 2) “Presidential Scholarships” that appear to be issued by different state schools and award merit aid for attending state schools, NOT privates, and not the elites. Is my assessment correct?</p>
<p>Also, I have not found anything indicating a perfect score was required in any section.</p>
<p>It’s called [U.S</a>. Presidential Scholars Program](<a href=“http://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html]U.S”>U.S. Presidential Scholars Program).</p>
<p>You can call them to find out the cutoff scores for any state. For many states, the score required to qualify is a perfect 1600 on the CR+M sections of the SAT.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t if I were you. Simply because how much more impressive can it get? Getting a perfect score really won’t change your admission chances at all.</p>